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...Abraham answered and said, 13chold now, I have taken 28 upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am bid ent in 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty 30 found there. And...

...reverence of mind, persevering in his noble and generous philanthropy, ventured to reply: " Behold, now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which...wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five ? And be said, If I find there forty-and-five, I will not destroy it." Abrabam's last entreaty was, " Ob...

...righteous, then will I spare all the place for their sakes. And Abraham answered and said, Behold, now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which...fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city for the lack of five ? And he said, if I find- there forty and five, I will not destroy it. And he spake...

...reverence of mind, persevering in his noble and generous philanthropy, ventured to reply: " Behold, now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which...and ashes. Peradventure there shall lack five of the fitly righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five ? And he said, If I find there foriy-and-five,...

...philanthropy, ventured to reply : " Behold, now, I have taken upon me to epeak unto the Lord, which am bat dust and ashes. Peradventure there shall lack five...wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five ? And be said, If 1 find there forty-and-five, I will not destroy it." Abraham's last entreaty was, " Ob...

...majesty of our heavenly Father, we must approach him with the utmost reverence and humility. Behold, now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes. Gen. xviii. 27. I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me. Lev. x. 3. Behold, the heaven of heavens...

...dispositions. If Abraham, when he found himself standing in the divine presence, exclaimed, " Behold, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes :" — if we are told concerning the patriarch Jacob, that he " awaked out of his sleep, and he said,...

...the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which...find there forty and five, I will not destroy it." Thus did Abraham, still pre suming to plead with holy boldness, continue to intercede, and thus did...

...city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, > Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LoRD, which am '" but dust and ashes: 1 Luke 18.1. inch. 3. 19. J'b.419. Eccle6. 12. 7. 1 Cur. 15. 47, 48. t Coi. 5. 1. sakes. But pondering...