A Commentary on the Book of Job: With a Translation |
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... Lord , adopting the style of his age and of the teachers of his native land , spake in proverbs , and in parables which are but expanded proverbs . The ease with which He speaks hides from us his immense intellectual force , and a ...
... Lord , adopting the style of his age and of the teachers of his native land , spake in proverbs , and in parables which are but expanded proverbs . The ease with which He speaks hides from us his immense intellectual force , and a ...
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... Lord and those of the wisest of the ancients and moderns . Take only one or two suggestive illustrations . Bunyan's " Pilgrim's Progress " has won a secure place as a masterpiece of allegory by the suffrages of the best literary judges ...
... Lord and those of the wisest of the ancients and moderns . Take only one or two suggestive illustrations . Bunyan's " Pilgrim's Progress " has won a secure place as a masterpiece of allegory by the suffrages of the best literary judges ...
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... Lord's figure , that they are designed to purge the trees which already bear good fruit , in order that they may bring forth more fruit . But , after all , can it be the main and ruling intention of the Book to teach us that noble ...
... Lord's figure , that they are designed to purge the trees which already bear good fruit , in order that they may bring forth more fruit . But , after all , can it be the main and ruling intention of the Book to teach us that noble ...
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... Lord this is wisdom , and to turn from evil this is understanding . Thus both ends are gained , God is vindicated , and man is reconciled to God . A new polemical value has been given to the Book of Job by the attitude and tone modern ...
... Lord this is wisdom , and to turn from evil this is understanding . Thus both ends are gained , God is vindicated , and man is reconciled to God . A new polemical value has been given to the Book of Job by the attitude and tone modern ...
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... Lord , " we may be very sure he would have rejoiced that he was counted worthy to suffer for an end so large and so noble . That , however , he did not , and could not , know . Never- theless " he endured , " and entered into the ...
... Lord , " we may be very sure he would have rejoiced that he was counted worthy to suffer for an end so large and so noble . That , however , he did not , and could not , know . Never- theless " he endured , " and entered into the ...
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