Bible Encyclopedia: The First Born: Precious and Valuable

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The Water-Mark of John's Gospel.
... all others, "believe" and "witness." The first actually occurs ... The two words are
really twins, born at the ... scale, from something valuable and precious in itself ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/the water-mark of johns gospel.htm

Second Sunday after Trinity Exhortation to Brotherly Love.
... human being born; this was the first, precious fruit of ... even regarded that brother
as the first-born, as vastly ... from it is essential and valuable knowledge for ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/second sunday after trinity exhortation.htm

Charity.
... for a few minutes at this precious, beautiful Charity ... you give them the spiritual
bread first, for this ... Have you this Divine Charity, born of Heaven, tending to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/booth/godliness/chapter iii charity.htm

The Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp,
... 2So we later took up his bones, more precious than costly stones and more valuable
than gold ... said to Marcion, "I know you; I know the first-born of Satan ...
/.../richardson/early christian fathers/the martyrdom of saint polycarp.htm

The True Christian's Blessedness
... whereby we are able to separate the precious from the ... This week, mother, thou mayest
see thy first-born carried to the ... it is a truth that is not valuable to me ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/the true christians blessedness.htm

Rondelet, {7} the Huguenot Naturalist {8}
... antiquarians assure us that the precious garment has ... his own bishop, stood godfather
to his first- born daughter ... been carefully examined, and the first flush of ...
/.../kingsley/historical lectures and essays/rondelet 7 the huguenot naturalist.htm

The Name Above Every Name
... of ours, which is the most precious thing we ... Christ' has cast away the most valuable
and characteristic ... the Sovereign of the world, and the First-born from the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/the name above every name.htm

Christ Precious to Believers
... to bear; and yet the Christians in the first ages took ... Yes, I say, the very new-born
powers of the ... him, and then he must conclude that Christ is precious to him ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/christ precious to believers.htm

The Lord's Supper
... unseen sword, to smite and kill the first-born, or eldest ... what he taught the apostles
when he first used these ... gold and silver, and inlaid with precious jewels ...
/.../newton/the life of jesus christ for the young/the lords supper.htm

Byzantine Empresses Theodora ii. , Theophano, Zoe, Theodora iii.
... the time when a ship laden with a valuable cargo in ... compelled him to unload and expose
his precious cargo of ... at the cruel destiny of her first-born, died in ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/xiii byzantine empresses theodora ii.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Micah 6:7
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look on me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
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