An exposition of the mysteries or religious dogmas and customs of the ancient Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Druids. Also an inquiry into the origin, history, and purport of freemasonryauthor, 1835 - 403 pages |
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... paganism had again made their appearance in the island . Canute forbade the worship of the heathen gods , of the sun or moon , of fire or water , of stones or fountains , and of forests or trees . This ferocious and sanguinary warrior ...
... paganism had again made their appearance in the island . Canute forbade the worship of the heathen gods , of the sun or moon , of fire or water , of stones or fountains , and of forests or trees . This ferocious and sanguinary warrior ...
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... Paganism , under the sem- blance of truth , have been transmitted from age to age , and been gene- rally received as narratives of real facts . Pluche has unveiled many of these poetical fictions , and pointed out the source from which ...
... Paganism , under the sem- blance of truth , have been transmitted from age to age , and been gene- rally received as narratives of real facts . Pluche has unveiled many of these poetical fictions , and pointed out the source from which ...
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... pagans , philosophers of different nations , and sacred writers . Those systems which have been given by the Egyptians , Phenicians , the Greeks , and Romans , are obscured by fabulous recitals , and by metamorphoses full of absurdity ...
... pagans , philosophers of different nations , and sacred writers . Those systems which have been given by the Egyptians , Phenicians , the Greeks , and Romans , are obscured by fabulous recitals , and by metamorphoses full of absurdity ...
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... pagan ceremonies . The catholic processions , it seems , are conducted with more mystic , solemn pomp than those of the ancients , but the ruffian assaults of the guards or assistants in this affair , of persons walking in the streets ...
... pagan ceremonies . The catholic processions , it seems , are conducted with more mystic , solemn pomp than those of the ancients , but the ruffian assaults of the guards or assistants in this affair , of persons walking in the streets ...
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... paganism . There we see this terrible monster engaged with the god who enlightens the world , and spreading deso- lation every where . Nothing has been more celebrated in antiquity than the victory of the sun ; nothing more abhorred ...
... paganism . There we see this terrible monster engaged with the god who enlightens the world , and spreading deso- lation every where . Nothing has been more celebrated in antiquity than the victory of the sun ; nothing more abhorred ...
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Page 125 - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Page 323 - And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them : And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the congregation.
Page 99 - Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Page 294 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory: The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in.
Page 313 - There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Page 314 - And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord: and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Page 296 - NOW when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
Page 294 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart...
Page 309 - Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Page 294 - The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof ; -the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.