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... Egypt , even unto this day , and in Israel , and among other men ; and hast made Thee a name , as at this day ; and hast brought forth Thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs , and with wonders , and with a strong hand ...
... Egypt , even unto this day , and in Israel , and among other men ; and hast made Thee a name , as at this day ; and hast brought forth Thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs , and with wonders , and with a strong hand ...
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... Egypt even until now . " To add one word of comment to this speech and prayer , would be to destroy the force of one of the most noble specimens of writing ever recorded . This was the man whom the Almighty selected by name , to show ...
... Egypt even until now . " To add one word of comment to this speech and prayer , would be to destroy the force of one of the most noble specimens of writing ever recorded . This was the man whom the Almighty selected by name , to show ...
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... me certain , that the writer here means to say so much . " The inspired writer says , that threescore and ten persons , the family of 66 Jacob , went down into Egypt . And in Genesis 72 THE PRETENSIONS OF BISHOP COLENSO.
... me certain , that the writer here means to say so much . " The inspired writer says , that threescore and ten persons , the family of 66 Jacob , went down into Egypt . And in Genesis 72 THE PRETENSIONS OF BISHOP COLENSO.
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... Egypt . When we read of the family of Jacob that went down into Egypt and settled there with their father , we think of the promise of God to Abraham , of which that little band was the depositary ; that promise of Him " who keepeth His ...
... Egypt . When we read of the family of Jacob that went down into Egypt and settled there with their father , we think of the promise of God to Abraham , of which that little band was the depositary ; that promise of Him " who keepeth His ...
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... Egypt , " and " out of his loins . " 66 It is a pitiable sight to see any man , much more a Christian Bishop , make such an exhibition of himself , by trying , on such contemptible grounds , to unsettle the faith of men by denying and ...
... Egypt , " and " out of his loins . " 66 It is a pitiable sight to see any man , much more a Christian Bishop , make such an exhibition of himself , by trying , on such contemptible grounds , to unsettle the faith of men by denying and ...
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Page 141 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 29 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 147 - The Greek Testament: with a critically revised Text; a Digest of Various Readings; Marginal References to verbal and Idiomatic Usage; Prolegomena; and a Critical and Exegetical Commentary. For the Use of Theological Students and Ministers, By HENRY ALFORD, DD, Dean of Canterbury. Vol. I., containing the Four Gospels.
Page 141 - The temper and character which prevail in our colonies are, I am afraid, unalterable by any human art. We cannot, I fear, falsify the pedigree of this fierce people, and persuade them that they are not sprung from a nation in whose veins the blood of freedom circulates.
Page 44 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 45 - And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Page 55 - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me : for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
Page 19 - Ah Lord God ! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee...
Page 111 - I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Page 125 - God ! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea...