Jewish Perseverance, Or, The Jew, at Home and Abroad: An Autobiography |
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Page 201 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God, which made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is; which keepeth truth for ever; which executeth judgment for the oppressed, which giveth food to the hungry.
Page 139 - This is the excellent foppery of the world! that when we are sick in fortune (often the surfeit of our behaviour) we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion.
Page 57 - My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee, when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee, and when thou awakest, it shall walk with thee.
Page 184 - If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldst forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
Page 182 - But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Page 183 - One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations. As ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
Page 186 - Build ye houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens and eat the fruit of them .... And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Page 64 - A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. "Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am
Page 184 - If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldst forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink.
Page 187 - And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.