 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 704 Seiten
...made. Its original meaning is to "come before." JOHN BROWN Vs. 6. In my distress. If you listen even to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Spirit hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities... | |
 | Elliott M. Simon - 2007 - 614 Seiten
...prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude; which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New; which carries the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor." "Essay V: Of Adversity,"... | |
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