Judges 9:9
But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Torrey's Topical Textbook—AKJV
A General Means for Applying Our Works to God's Service.
... we have said elsewhere, even as the olive-tree set near ... branded and marked serfs,
to the perpetual service of God ... once in his life make a good retreat, therein ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter viii a general means.htm Man's Chief End
... asunder, Paul beheaded, Luke hanged on an olive tree; thus did they ... See what a good
master they serve, and how they ... will venture the loss of all in his service. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/1 mans chief end.htm The General Service to Saints Andrew of Constantinople, Isidore of ...
... THE GENERAL SERVICE TO SAINTS ANDREW OF CONSTANTINOPLE ... wonders, stream of healings,
divine olive-tree truly fruitful ... having further elected to do good in order ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xxvii the general service.htm Religion Pleasant to the Religious.
... and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his ... the unspeakable joy and gladness
of a good conscience ... of us gain all the pleasure from God's service which it ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol vii/sermon xiv religion pleasant to.htm The General Service to an Apostle.
... THE GENERAL SERVICE TO AN APOSTLE. ... say the following Theotokion As a fertile
olive-tree the Virgin ... Having granted unto thee every abundance of good things, as ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter viii the general service.htm First Catechetical Lecture of Our Holy Father Cyril,
... who are present should think to tempt God's grace, he ... the man as unfit for His true
service; but if ... grafted from the wild into the good olive-tree [478] , from ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/first catechetical lecture of our.htm The General Service to one Hieromartyr
... Having piously performed the service of the mysteries of Christ ... Like a new plant,
like unto a green olive tree wast thou ... thee and thou shalt see the good of the ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xvi the general service.htm Sermon for Ascension Day
... have caught a glimpse of the Highest Good; they never ... that hill grew the essential
material of light, the olive-tree. ... that they are doing God a service on thee ...
/.../xviii sermon for ascension day.htm Covenant Duties.
... "I am like a green olive-tree in the ... it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good
before thy ... the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter iv covenant duties.htm The Tests of Love to God
... of God." It is Satan that makes us have good thoughts of ... Luke hanged on an olive
tree, St. ... for persons of their rank to be employed in that service, but love ...
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