Faith in the blessed God: its nature, results, and reward. A repr. of 19 lectures from his commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, by W. Tait1874 |
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Abel Abraham affliction Amalek Apostle approbation assurance awake and sing Behold believed blessed blood book of Genesis bosom Cain Canaan Canaanite Chaldea character children of Israel Christ command confidence dead death declared Divine earth Edom Egypt endured Enoch Esau eternal evidence example Exodus father fear fulfilment Genesis glorious glory God's grace gracious hand hath heart heaven heavenly Hebrews HEBREWS XI holy honour hope Isaac Isaiah Israel Jacob Jeremiah Jericho Jesus Joseph Joshua king kingdom land LECTURE living look Lord Manasseh mercy Moses nations Noah obedience obtained passover patriarch Paul perfect Pharaoh Philistines promise prophets Psalm Rahab received recompense reference reminded result of faith Revelation reward righteousness sacrifice saints salvation Saviour says St Scripture seed servant shalt shew speak spirit sufferings tells testimony thee things not seen thou trust truth unto warning whilst witness words wrath
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Page 99 - Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
Page 148 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 61 - Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Page 111 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Page 221 - Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Page 162 - It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Page 149 - And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Page 132 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac : and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead ; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 216 - And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Page 240 - And it shall come to pass that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up, every man straight before him." And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said unto them, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord.