The Christian Ambassador, Volume 7Richard Davies, 1869 - Theology |
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... suppose " his brother " to be poor would send us wide of the mark . would make a benevolent sense to insert a word and read : of them can by any means redeem his poor brother . " It is not often that a rich man has a poor brother , or ...
... suppose " his brother " to be poor would send us wide of the mark . would make a benevolent sense to insert a word and read : of them can by any means redeem his poor brother . " It is not often that a rich man has a poor brother , or ...
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... suppose is the case here . Good men deserve to be accounted wise , since they pursue the worthiest ends , even if they do not always make choice of the best means , nor follow them with an ardour correspondent to their worth . And ...
... suppose is the case here . Good men deserve to be accounted wise , since they pursue the worthiest ends , even if they do not always make choice of the best means , nor follow them with an ardour correspondent to their worth . And ...
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... suppose it was Elihu , others Moses , others Solomon , others Ezra , & c . We incline to the opinion that Job himself was the author . The following suggestions may serve to show that this opinion is attended with a high degree of ...
... suppose it was Elihu , others Moses , others Solomon , others Ezra , & c . We incline to the opinion that Job himself was the author . The following suggestions may serve to show that this opinion is attended with a high degree of ...
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... suppose that the speeches of Eliphaz , Bildad , Zophar , and Elihu were inspired when they were uttered . The angry disputants frequently contradicted each other , and most of the speeches God himself has declared to be wrong ( Job xlii ...
... suppose that the speeches of Eliphaz , Bildad , Zophar , and Elihu were inspired when they were uttered . The angry disputants frequently contradicted each other , and most of the speeches God himself has declared to be wrong ( Job xlii ...
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... suppose that an elevated station will excuse their neglect of religious duties ? Rather let it be concluded that they are under stronger obligations than others , by their example and influence to recommend and enforce the pro- fession ...
... suppose that an elevated station will excuse their neglect of religious duties ? Rather let it be concluded that they are under stronger obligations than others , by their example and influence to recommend and enforce the pro- fession ...
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Page 319 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To. abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Page 285 - And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised...
Page 231 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 26 - None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him...
Page 73 - For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate...
Page 117 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Page 79 - What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower ; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind ; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be ; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering ; In the faith that looks through death, In years that bring the philosophic mind.
Page 28 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him?
Page 288 - And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship ; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
Page 117 - Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives, while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.