Scripture BiographyJ. G. & F. Rivington., 1848 - 381 pages |
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Aaron Ahab amid Apostle Babylon Benhadad blessed body bright brought called Capernaum centurion character children of Israel Christ Christian Church course Cyrus darkness David death deep deliverance dreadful earnest earth Egypt Elijah Enoch evil exalted example exhibited eyes faith father favour fear feel Gamaliel Gentile glory God's Gospel Greek hand head heart heathen heaven heavenly Herod Holy Spirit idolatry Israel Jehoshaphat Jerusalem Jesus Jews Jonah Judea judgment king kingdom land Lazarus living look Lord Lord's ment mercy mind miracles Moses nation nature ness Nineveh Paul peculiar Pharaoh Pharisees Philistines Pilate prayer preaching prepared present priests promise prophecy prophet racter received repentance Samaria Saul Scripture sent servant sight sins soul spectacle strength temple terrible thee things thou thought tion Titus token trial truth unto utter wicked wilderness word worship
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Page 197 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia. the Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 209 - Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 181 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 212 - Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Page 225 - I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven : but the children of the kingdom shall be cast into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 188 - That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel . of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof : 27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers...
Page 212 - Therefore I make a decree, ^That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill : because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
Page 316 - Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Page 299 - But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Page 272 - Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above : therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.