Religious Allegories: Being a Series of Emblematic Engravings, with Written Explanations, Miscellaneous Observations, and Religious Reflections, Designed to Illustrate Divine Truth, in Accordance with the Cardinal Principles of Christianity ...John W. Barber, 1848 - 159 pages |
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affliction anchor Apollyon bears beasts Behold Bible birds of night blood children of Israel Christian cross crown danger darkness death delight despair divine dreadful earth emblem enemies engraving represents envy eternal evil eyes faith false teacher Father fear fear no evil folly forever fortitude friends fruit gate glorious glory ground gulf hand happiness hath heart heaven heavenly light Holy Holy Bible Holy Spirit honors hope Jehovah Jesus Christ king kingdom kingdom of heaven lion looks lust mammon mankind mighty night o'er object pass passions path peace Pharisee pleasures poison poison'd pride Prov religion repent rich righteous roar rock Rock of Ages rolling sail salvation saved Saviour seen serpent shadow shines sight sinks sinner sins skies slan slanderer soul Spirit stands storm Sun of Truth tempest things thou tongue tree trembling true trumpet unto walks waves wicked wings word youth
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Page 48 - Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
Page 140 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their meat from God. The sun ariseth, They gather themselves together, And lay them down in their dens.
Page 107 - Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Page 29 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Page 141 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Page 111 - Therewith bless we God, even the Father ; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Page 21 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it -not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 93 - BLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one. Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear ; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear.
Page 36 - No man can serve two masters" — " Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Page 140 - In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.