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Page 331 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us ; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us : it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
Page 127 - That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it.
Page 208 - THE heavens declare the glory of God : and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech : and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth : and their words to the end of the world.
Page 208 - THE heavens declare the glory of God ; and the firmament showeth his handy work. One day telleth another ; and one night certifieth another. There is neither speech nor language ; but their voices are heard among them. Their sound is gone out into all lands ; and their words into the ends of the world.
Page 121 - Truly, good Christian reader, we never thought from the beginning that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one...
Page 210 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 324 - This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Page 324 - That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us : and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.
Page 330 - But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth and swallow them up with all that appertain unto them and they go down quick into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord".
Page 127 - Was it not great? did not he throw on God (He loves the burthen) God's task to make the heavenly period Perfect the earthen ? Did not he magnify the mind, show clear Just what it all meant?