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Abimelech abode affliction Ahab Ahaziah ancient appear'd ask'd awhile Balaam Balak Behold bow'd brought call'd command cry'd decree deep delight dire distress divine dread dream earth Egypt Egyptian Elijah Elisha ev'ry evil fam'd father fear fell fill'd foes forthwith gave Gehazi Gideon gracious Haman hand hath Hazael hear heart heavenly holy honour humble Israel Israelites Jehoshaphat Jehovah Jehu Jephthah Jews Joseph king king's kingdom laid land Lord Medes Midian mighty mind monarch Mordecai Moses nam'd Nineveh o'er obey'd pain peace Pharaoh Philistines pleas'd pow'r pray prepar'd princes promis'd prophet race rais'd Ramoth-Gilead reign return'd royal Samaria scene seem'd seer sent servants Shechem Shushan sight slain sons soon sore sure tell thee theme thing thou hast thou shalt thro throne told took true truth turn'd Twas unto view'd vile wicked wisdom wonders word
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Page 51 - So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest ; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee.
Page 57 - Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure, and contentment these; Some sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain ; Some swell'd to gods, confess ev'n virtue vain; Or indolent, to each extreme they fall, To trust in ev'ry thing, or doubt of all.
Page 192 - Israel cried unto the LORD. And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of Midian, that the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel : and he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of...
Page 178 - And he (Balaam) took up his parable, and said, Balak the King of Moab, hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Page 130 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh ; lo, he cometh forth to the water ; and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses : and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. And I will...
Page 192 - ... the Lord, the God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land.
Page 137 - About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the first-born in the land shall die, from the first-born of...
Page 308 - A present fitter for a prince to make, Than for a prophet of the Lord to take.