Historical and Familiar Essays, on the Scriptures of the Old Testament: By John Collier, ... In Two Volumes. ...Samuel Cave, 1791 |
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Termeni și expresii frecvente
addreſſes Alexander almoſt alſo Antigonus Antiochus Antipater Antony Ariftobulus Army Babylon bleſſings Book of Samuel books of Ezra Brother Captivity cauſed Chrift City cloſe Commiſſion compoſed Court Daniel David death deſcribes deſtruction devout Dignity diſtreſs elegant Elijah Eliſha eſtabliſhed exerciſe expreſſed Ezra fent firſt folemn fome foon fublime fufferings Herod High Priest highly himſelf Hiſtory honours houſe Hyrcan Ifaiah Ifrael inſtantly inſtructive intereſting Jaſon Jehoram Jeremiah Jerufalem Jewish Jews Judæa Judah Juſt King Kingdom laſt Lord magnificent Mariamne Maſter Meffiah Menelaus meſſage Moab moſt NEHEMIAH occafion Onias Palace Perfia perſon Pfalm phet piety pleaſing preſent Prophefies Prophet Queen raiſed reaſon reign reſpecting Rome royal ſad ſaid Samaria Saviour ſays ſecond ſee ſent ſervant ſet ſeven ſevere ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhut ſignal Simon ſome ſpirit ſtanding ſtate ſtile ſtill ſubjects ſucceeded ſuch ſung Syria Temple thee theſe thoſe thou uſe verſe wife worſhip young Prince
Pasaje populare
Pagina 99 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Pagina 284 - A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour ? and if I be a master, where is my fear ? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name.
Pagina 132 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Pagina 241 - Nebuchadnezzar : and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven ; till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Pagina 274 - I trufl in him ;" or, apply to his fpiritual *' barrennefs the glorious affurance of the prophet; " although the fig-tree fhall not bloflbm, neither ** fhall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the " olive fhall fail, and the fields fhall yield no
Pagina 240 - Is not this great Babylon, that I have built by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Pagina 254 - I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
Pagina 78 - Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.
Pagina 127 - God is the Lord which hath shewed us light : bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. Thou art my God, and I will praise thee : thou art my God, I will exalt thee. O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever.
Pagina 267 - O man, what is good; and what doth the ** Lord require of thee, but to do juftly, and to " love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy " God ?" To the fame purpofefee alfo Pf.