| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 páginas
...possession." In these words the church of God is called a possession, as it is the Lord's portion. " The Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance." This portion is called the purchased possession, because it is bought with a price; " Feed the church... | |
| 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... | |
| John Owen, Edward Williams - 1812 - 600 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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."... | |
| 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... | |
| Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 páginas
...the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the Lord's portion is 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... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1816 - 728 páginas
...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... | |
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