God's Terrible Voice in the City ... the History of the ... Plague and Fire in London ...J. Nisbet, repr., 1832 - 236 pages |
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Thomas Vincent. 66 if through the grates , or poor beggars at the doors , when they are most earnest for relief ! Yea , how did they besiege God as it were , and seem as they would scale the walls of heaven itself , and take the kingdom ...
Thomas Vincent. 66 if through the grates , or poor beggars at the doors , when they are most earnest for relief ! Yea , how did they besiege God as it were , and seem as they would scale the walls of heaven itself , and take the kingdom ...
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... doors , and watch- men standing before them with halberts ; and such a solitude about those places , and people passing by them so gingerly , and with such fearful looks as if they had been lined with ene- mies in ambush , that waited ...
... doors , and watch- men standing before them with halberts ; and such a solitude about those places , and people passing by them so gingerly , and with such fearful looks as if they had been lined with ene- mies in ambush , that waited ...
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... doors of their houses upon them , from whence they have come forth no more , till they have been brought forth to their graves . We may imagine the hideous thoughts , and horrid perplexity of mind , the tremblings , confusions , and ...
... doors of their houses upon them , from whence they have come forth no more , till they have been brought forth to their graves . We may imagine the hideous thoughts , and horrid perplexity of mind , the tremblings , confusions , and ...
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... door of mercy is shut , and that pardon and salvation ( which before they slighted ) is now unattainable : that the grave is now opening its mouth to receive their bodies , and hell opening its mouth to receive their souls ; and they ...
... door of mercy is shut , and that pardon and salvation ( which before they slighted ) is now unattainable : that the grave is now opening its mouth to receive their bodies , and hell opening its mouth to receive their souls ; and they ...
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... door where I lived ( which was in the midst of infection ) with a little coffin under her arm , carrying it to the new church - yard : I did judge that it was the mother of the child , and that all the family besides was dead , and she ...
... door where I lived ( which was in the midst of infection ) with a little coffin under her arm , carrying it to the new church - yard : I did judge that it was the mother of the child , and that all the family besides was dead , and she ...
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Page 14 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal. Neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand : for I lift up my hand to heaven ; and say, I live for ever.
Page 154 - Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot ; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded ; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
Page 220 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Page 12 - Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine ; and she shall be utterly burned with fire : for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Page 87 - Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Page 227 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 88 - Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Page 214 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 179 - Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice ; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
Page 202 - If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy God ; then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.