Bible Dictionary: Presents: Receiving of, a Token of Good Will

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Genesis 33:10,11
And Jacob said, No, I pray you, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen your face, as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

Covenanting Enforced by the Grant of Covenant Signs and Seals.
... Abraham by receiving it as a seal of the ... an appointed instrumentality, in greater
or less measure, presents the mind ... he taught, and proved him a token of their ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter xi covenanting enforced by.htm

Chapter xxxii
... to his own land with the prospect of receiving good at God's ... gift is not a bribe
but a token of goodwill ... The one that presents itself first is that the question ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxxii.htm

The Spiced Wine of My Pomegranate;
... sufficiently attentive to fellowship with Jesus in receiving His gifts ... do the same
with the precious presents of thy ... that every jewel of mercy is a token of His ...
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Caesar Fell Down.
... Then they were seduced with presents, and deceived with false ... the government of his
see without first receiving it. ... is made of one mass,"[50] as a token of good ...
/.../allies/the formation of christendom volume vi/chapter ii caesar fell down.htm

An Account of the Organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church ...
... "Know all men by these presents, That I ... 4. How shall we be more strict in receiving
and excluding ... to the communion, without examination, and some token given by ...
/.../chapter 3 an account of.htm

Glimpses
... The question presents itself to man: "Is the Power that rules ... He bound inseparably
the receiving and the giving. ... it may be the unnamed Power whose token is the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/merriam/the chief end of man/iv glimpses.htm

For the Candid and Thoughtful
... They lay stress upon your receiving before you have your breakfast ... but I am sure
it is a token of being ... of giving, and take freely what Jesus presents to you? ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 26 1880/for the candid and thoughtful.htm

Thomas and Jesus
... less favourable features that modern Christianity presents, is that ... to be persuaded,
the other is a token of a ... unspeakable and full of glory, receiving the end ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/thomas and jesus.htm

section second.
... 14] "which to them is an evident token of perdition ... that he can honor God by receiving
circumcision or by ... In contrast with these, Paul now presents the wholly ...
/.../the epistle of paul to the philippians practically explained/section second.htm

On the Baptism of Christ.
... For as great Lebanon presents a sufficient cause of wonder ... 2154] ," and God shall
be glad, receiving their fruit ... former self, bearing in it no token by which ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/on the baptism of christ.htm

Subtopics

Presents

Presents of Persons of Rank, of Great Value and Variety

Presents were Given by Kings to Each Other in Token of Inferiority

Presents were Given in Token of Friendship

Presents were Given: As Tribute

Presents were Given: At Marriages

Presents were Given: On all Occasions of Public Rejoicing

Presents were Given: On Occasions of Visits

Presents were Given: On Recovering from Sickness

Presents were Given: On Restoration to Prosperity

Presents were Given: On Sending Away Friends