The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament: Minor ProphetsFunk & Wagnalls, 1892 - Bible |
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... nature . A " word , " the expression of the mind and purpose of God . The power of a word to influence character and change the destinies of life . Words of monarchs have decided the fate of empires . The word of God , judgment or mercy ...
... nature . A " word , " the expression of the mind and purpose of God . The power of a word to influence character and change the destinies of life . Words of monarchs have decided the fate of empires . The word of God , judgment or mercy ...
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... nature and of grace , they will become defiled by sin , cast out and loathsome . Like Adam and Eve , they will lose their innocence , and learn their nakedness . Divine judgments strip men of natural defence , family honour , and leave ...
... nature and of grace , they will become defiled by sin , cast out and loathsome . Like Adam and Eve , they will lose their innocence , and learn their nakedness . Divine judgments strip men of natural defence , family honour , and leave ...
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... nature aspires no higher ; but man is linked to God , longs for him , and cannot be contented without him . Though the heart once alienated from him turns further away , and moves not towards him until renewed , yet even in its ...
... nature aspires no higher ; but man is linked to God , longs for him , and cannot be contented without him . Though the heart once alienated from him turns further away , and moves not towards him until renewed , yet even in its ...
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... nature might be unhinged , and the universe fall into commotion , but he reigns undisturbed , God over all , and blessed for evermore . II . All things co - operate , or work together . God hears the heavens ; they hear the earth ; and ...
... nature might be unhinged , and the universe fall into commotion , but he reigns undisturbed , God over all , and blessed for evermore . II . All things co - operate , or work together . God hears the heavens ; they hear the earth ; and ...
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... nature are emblems of the gifts of grace . Constant bread , common mercies , and spiritual joys are bestowed with a liberal hand . " Thou openest thine hand , and satisfiest the desire of every living thing . " 2. There is spiritual ...
... nature are emblems of the gifts of grace . Constant bread , common mercies , and spiritual joys are bestowed with a liberal hand . " Thou openest thine hand , and satisfiest the desire of every living thing . " 2. There is spiritual ...
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affliction Amaziah apostasy Assyria Babylon blessings bring calamity captivity Christ Christian Church corruption covenant curse danger death deliverance desolation despised destroyed destruction Deut Divine duty earth Edom Egypt enemy ephah eternal evil Ezek faith favour fear forsake fruit gathered give glory God's gospel grace guilt hath heart heathen heaven HINTS AND OUTLINES holy HOMILETIC HINTS honour human idolatry idols iniquity Israel Jehovah Jerusalem Jews Jonah Judah judge judgment justice Keil king kingdom land live Lord ment mercy Messiah mighty moral nations nature never Nineveh oppression peace penitence prayer present pride priests promise prophet prosperity Prov punishment Pusey religion repentance restored righteous ruin sacrifice salvation Samaria says seek Sennacherib shame sinner sins sorrow soul spirit temple thee things thou truth turn unto Vers warning wicked wickedness word worship wrath Zerubbabel Zion
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Page 373 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee.
Page 594 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 151 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Page 521 - And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee : though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
Page 342 - FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; And all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: And the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, That it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Page 527 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; Thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 224 - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions : And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Page 405 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Page 214 - That Day is a Day of Wrath, a Day of Trouble and distress, a Day of wasteness and desolation, a Day of darkness and gloominess, a Day of clouds and thick darkness.
Page 602 - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.