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Of the Name of God
... like the vanities of the nations, they cannot know their own ... saith the Lord to Jacob,"
Genesis 32:29. ... that it is high presumption and bold curiosity to search ...
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The Unity of the Divine Essence in Three Persons Taught, in ...
... who, after mentioning the wrestling of Jacob with the angel ... a labyrinth whenever
it indulges its curiosity, and thus ... I know that many who would be thought wise ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 13 the unity of.htm

Acts VII
... but the obscurity of his design awakened their curiosity, and rendered ... and the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ... out of the land of Egypt, we know not what ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts vii.htm

The Ark among the Flags
... the promise to Abraham, nurtured by Jacob's and Joseph's ... the daughter of Pharaoh.'
We know no more ... true woman's heart changes languid curiosity into tenderness ...
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section iii.
... how that contemptible and degenerate issue of Jacob, once so ... I confess, I have had
an unhappy curiosity this way ... the occurrences of the World, and know in what ...
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Our Lord's Solemn Enquiry
... I will deal with God as Jacob did with the angel ... if I can practice it, and I do not
know that you ... thou forsaken me?" He asks a question not in curiosity, but in ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/our lords solemn enquiry.htm

Book Ten from Autobiography to Self-Analysis. ...
... to know them; or that Light which Jacob saw, when ... Those who know how to praise thee
for it, "O ... clearly distinguish whether it is pleasure or curiosity that is ...
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Of the Eternal Election, by which God Has Predestinated Some to ...
... is taught but what it is of importance to know. ... may, on the one hand, be chargeable
with curiosity, and, on ... terms "The Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 21 of the eternal.htm

Preparation for Revival
... and sisters, to seek unto the mighty God of Jacob, that when the ... we do not want any
revival that I know of," I ... damaged by being made a kind of curiosity, and a ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/preparation for revival.htm

On Religion; the Natural and Divine Life; and the Exemplification ...
... or search the volumes of heaven to know what is ... with his journey, he rested himself
on Jacob's well, and ... He would not gratify the curiosity of the Jews with a ...
/.../scougal/the life of god in the soul of man/part i on religion the.htm

Nave's Topical Index

Genesis 32:29
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray you, your name. And he said, Why is it that you do ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
Nave's Topical Index

Subtopics

Curiosity

Curiosity of Abraham, to Know Whether God Would Destroy the Righteous People Who Lived in Sodom

Curiosity of Angels, to Look Into the Mysteries of Salvation

Curiosity of Daniel, to Know a Vision

Curiosity of Eve

Curiosity of Herod (Antipas), to See Jesus

Curiosity of Jacob, to Know the Name of the Angel

Curiosity of Manoah, to Know the Name of an Angel

Curiosity of the Athenians, to Hear some New Thing

Curiosity of the Babylonians, to See Hezekiah's Treasures

Curiosity of the Disciples, to Know Whether Jesus Would Restore the Kingdom of the Jews