| John Owen, Edward Williams - 1812 - 596 páginas
...church, by way of appropriation; his lot, his portion, as a man's house is to him, Deut. xxxii, 9, "The Lord's portion is his people, Jacob is the lot of his inheritance." He dwells in his church by his special and glorious presence, as a man in his own house, Rev, xxi,... | |
| William Jay - 1812 - 284 páginas
...now flourished in all its grandeur ; and Greece and Rome were rising to eminence in the world. But " the Lord's portion is his " people, Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.'' We find therefore the attention of scripture principally confined to the Jews ; and the ailairs of... | |
| Eliphalet Steele - 1813 - 32 páginas
...God, are frequently mentioned» while other, great and mighty nations arc passed by in sill-litre. The Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. By natural evils, inflicted on mankind, God instructs his church. Solomon says, The rod, and reproof give... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 páginas
...and we become of this household by the new birth, without which no one can see the kingdom of God. "The Lord's portion is His people, Jacob is the lot of His inheritance." The Lord makes all His people kings and priests ; hence St. Peter calls the Church "God's heritage."... | |
| Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 páginas
...as Moses reminds them in that solemn and pathetic address at the end of the book of Deuteronomy: " When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,...his people, Jacob is the lot of his inheritance," Deut. xxxiii. S, (J. It is not reasonable to think, that God would carry it unkindly toward them, or... | |
| 1815 - 706 páginas
...sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the LORD'S portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed... | |
| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 páginas
...for his mercy endureth for ever. vol.. i. SERMON XIL THE CHURCH THE PORTION OP GOD, DEUT. xxxii. 9. For the Lord's portion is his people : Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. IT is impossible to read, without delight and astonishment, the description which is given of the honour... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1816 - 728 páginas
...inheritance, when he separated the sons of man ; he set the bounds of the feople with a reference to the children of Israel. For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance '. We have here a most curious piece of history, which was no invention of Moses for the purpose of... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1816 - 752 páginas
...inheritance, when he separated the sons of man ; he set the bounds of the people with a reference to the children of Israel. For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance1. We have here a most curious piece of history, which was no invention of Moses for the... | |
| John Hoyland - 1816 - 486 páginas
...Providence with this chosen family ; but delineates it with greater strength and variety of colouring : " the Lord's portion is his people, Jacob is the Lot of his inheritance, He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness ; He led him about ; He instructed... | |
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