and was this his character and case, upon their principles, he could expect no other than to be a miserable man, as wicked men are, who have their blessings turned into curses, or taken away from them, and they removed out of the world in the most awful and terrible manner, and under manifest tokens of the wrath and displeasure of God
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Job 27:7
Job 27:7
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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