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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... pride , and envy , and flesh - pleasing , and the like God - displeasing , and God - provoking sins ( of which in the catalogue of London sins ) do abound in London , as if there were no signi- fication in God's judgments by the plague ...
... pride , and envy , and flesh - pleasing , and the like God - displeasing , and God - provoking sins ( of which in the catalogue of London sins ) do abound in London , as if there were no signi- fication in God's judgments by the plague ...
Page 70
... pride of London stained , and beauty spoiled , her arm broken , and strength departed , her riches almost gone , and treasures so much consumed ! The head now is sick , and the whole body faint ; the heart is wounded , and every other ...
... pride of London stained , and beauty spoiled , her arm broken , and strength departed , her riches almost gone , and treasures so much consumed ! The head now is sick , and the whole body faint ; the heart is wounded , and every other ...
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... pride . This sin being so odious to God ; so destructive where it abounds ; and so universal in London ; I shall speak of it the more largely , both in regard of the inward workings , and the outward expres- sions of it : which , when ...
... pride . This sin being so odious to God ; so destructive where it abounds ; and so universal in London ; I shall speak of it the more largely , both in regard of the inward workings , and the outward expres- sions of it : which , when ...
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... pride hath covered , and a thousand faults in themselves , as charity doth cover a thousand faults in others : pride hath put a fair gloss and varnish upon all , and represented men to themselves as very lovely and amiable . Pride also ...
... pride hath covered , and a thousand faults in themselves , as charity doth cover a thousand faults in others : pride hath put a fair gloss and varnish upon all , and represented men to themselves as very lovely and amiable . Pride also ...
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... pride . ( 2. ) Concerning the outward expressions of pride , and that , 1. In the speech : London hath been grossly guilty . in boasting and vain glory . What company could you come into almost , but you should find many boasting ...
... pride . ( 2. ) Concerning the outward expressions of pride , and that , 1. In the speech : London hath been grossly guilty . in boasting and vain glory . What company could you come into almost , but you should find many boasting ...
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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.