A Commentary on the Book of Job: With a Translation |
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... righteousness of the righteous , —or , in our 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 ...
... righteousness of the righteous , —or , in our 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 ...
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... righteous- ness , while those who walk in unrighteousness are overtaken by miserable and inauspicious conditions . Job was righteous . Did he suffer for his righteousness ? Nay , but rather he suffered that he might be made more righteous ...
... righteous- ness , while those who walk in unrighteousness are overtaken by miserable and inauspicious conditions . Job was righteous . Did he suffer for his righteousness ? Nay , but rather he suffered that he might be made more righteous ...
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... righteousness conducts men to prosperity , so a tried and constant righteous- ness conducts them to a more stable and a more ample pros- perity . But a door is opened into Heaven , and we are permitted to enter and " assist " at a ...
... righteousness conducts men to prosperity , so a tried and constant righteous- ness conducts them to a more stable and a more ample pros- perity . But a door is opened into Heaven , and we are permitted to enter and " assist " at a ...
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... righteous are designed for correction , not for punishment ; and that the inequalities of this life are to be redressed in the life to come . This , then , I take to be the double intention , or purpose , of the Poem . On the one hand ...
... righteous are designed for correction , not for punishment ; and that the inequalities of this life are to be redressed in the life to come . This , then , I take to be the double intention , or purpose , of the Poem . On the one hand ...
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... righteousness : to the three humbled and amazed Friends , who thought that they had stood up for God against Job ... righteous are signs not of wrath but of love ; that the dark mystery which hangs over human life is capable of a happy ...
... righteousness : to the three humbled and amazed Friends , who thought that they had stood up for God against Job ... righteous are signs not of wrath but of love ; that the dark mystery which hangs over human life is capable of a happy ...
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admit affirms afflicted allusion Almighty ancient answer appeal Arab argument Barachel Bildad Book of Job calamities Chap Chapter charge Cheaper Edition Chokmah cloth Colloquy conclusion condemn confess conviction darkness death Demy 8vo despair Divine Divine Providence doubt earth Elihu Eliphaz evil eyes facts fear Friends give God's guilt Hadean Hades hand hath Hauran heart heaven Hebrew hope human Illustrations iniquity innocent integrity Jehovah Job's Judge justice kesitah light lips look Lord mind misery moral mouth mystery natural noble once passion phrase Poem Poet post 8vo price 35 proverbs punishment rendered reply resentment retributive righteousness Satan Second Edition sense shew simply sinner sins Small crown 8vo soul speak spirit suffer sure Temanite tempest thee Theophany thou thought tion tone touch Translated true truth utter Verse 13 vindicate whole wicked wisdom words wrong Zophar
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