Chapter 29 of Letters of Samuel Rutherford: (Third Edition) is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIX
Chapter 29 of Letters of Samuel Rutherford: (Third Edition) is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.). Secondly: Ye say, that ye know not what to do. Your Head said once the same word, or not far from it. "Now is My soul troubled, and what shall I say?" (John xii.
Chapter 29 of Letters of Samuel Rutherford: (Third Edition) is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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informal term for information
From this reading “[421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).”
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading “[421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “(John xii.”
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading “[421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).”
in the second place
From this reading “Secondly: Ye say, that ye know not what to do.”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “"Now is My soul troubled, and what shall I say?"”
the act of testing something
From this reading “[421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).”
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
From this reading “"Now is My soul troubled, and what shall I say?"”
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From this reading [421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Now is My soul troubled, and what shall I say?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Secondly: Ye say, that ye know not what to do.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Your Head said once the same word, or not far from it.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Your Head said once the same word, or not far from it.
informal term for information
From this reading [421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Your Head said once the same word, or not far from it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Now is My soul troubled, and what shall I say?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Now is My soul troubled, and what shall I say?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Your Head said once the same word, or not far from it.
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading [421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading (John xii.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Secondly: Ye say, that ye know not what to do.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Now is My soul troubled, and what shall I say?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Secondly: Ye say, that ye know not what to do.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now is My soul troubled, and what shall I say?"
on one occasion
From this reading Your Head said once the same word, or not far from it.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Your Head said once the same word, or not far from it.
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading [421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Your Head said once the same word, or not far from it.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Your Head said once the same word, or not far from it.
express in words
From this reading Secondly: Ye say, that ye know not what to do.
in the second place
From this reading Secondly: Ye say, that ye know not what to do.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Now is My soul troubled, and what shall I say?"
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading "Now is My soul troubled, and what shall I say?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Secondly: Ye say, that ye know not what to do.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Your Head said once the same word, or not far from it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).
the act of testing something
From this reading [421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
From this reading "Now is My soul troubled, and what shall I say?"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Secondly: Ye say, that ye know not what to do.
at the time that
From this reading [421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Your Head said once the same word, or not far from it.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading (John xii.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
From this reading [421] Jesus, when He puts us to trial (Gen. xxii.).
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Secondly: Ye say, that ye know not what to do.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your Head said once the same word, or not far from it.
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