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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... , until the greatest part of the winter was spent ; I may further add , that though a discourse concerning the plague would have been most seasonable under the judgment itself , when people , who were generally taken off from their trading.
... , until the greatest part of the winter was spent ; I may further add , that though a discourse concerning the plague would have been most seasonable under the judgment itself , when people , who were generally taken off from their trading.
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Thomas Vincent. people , who were generally taken off from their trading , had room and time for retirement and consideration , more than ever they had in their lives before ; and therefore were more likely to lay to heart what might be ...
Thomas Vincent. people , who were generally taken off from their trading , had room and time for retirement and consideration , more than ever they had in their lives before ; and therefore were more likely to lay to heart what might be ...
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... taken notice of ; our bill of mortality did let us know but of three which died of the disease in the whole year before ; but in the beginning of May the bill tells us of nine , which fell by the plague , one in the heart of the city ...
... taken notice of ; our bill of mortality did let us know but of three which died of the disease in the whole year before ; but in the beginning of May the bill tells us of nine , which fell by the plague , one in the heart of the city ...
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... taken into the hand : myrrh and zedoary into the mouth ; and without some antidote few stir abroad in the morning . Now many houses are shut up where the plague comes , and the inha- bitants shut in , lest coming abroad they should ...
... taken into the hand : myrrh and zedoary into the mouth ; and without some antidote few stir abroad in the morning . Now many houses are shut up where the plague comes , and the inha- bitants shut in , lest coming abroad they should ...
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... taken out , through the hopes which he had of future glory ; yet once he told his mother he could desire to live a little longer , if it were the will of God . She asked him why he deired it ? He told her he desired to live till fire ...
... taken out , through the hopes which he had of future glory ; yet once he told his mother he could desire to live a little longer , if it were the will of God . She asked him why he deired it ? He told her he desired to live till fire ...
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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.