A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1825 "Received well in religious circles, this work was severely censored as an unscientific attempt to treat the Book of Genesis as a manual of geology" - DNB. |
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... thing , and the fowl of the air ; for it 66 66 repenteth ME that I have made them : the END OF ALL FLESH is come before ME . Because THE " EARTH is filled with violence through them , behold , MOREOVER , I will destroy THEM TOGETHER ...
... thing , and the fowl of the air ; for it 66 66 repenteth ME that I have made them : the END OF ALL FLESH is come before ME . Because THE " EARTH is filled with violence through them , behold , MOREOVER , I will destroy THEM TOGETHER ...
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... thing ; " but He declared , that He would not again pronounce a curse , that is , a second curse , upon the earth , -the new earth , which He had provided to succeed that which had been cursed and cut of : ου προσθήσω ετι καταρασθαι την ...
... thing ; " but He declared , that He would not again pronounce a curse , that is , a second curse , upon the earth , -the new earth , which He had provided to succeed that which had been cursed and cut of : ου προσθήσω ετι καταρασθαι την ...
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... things which He had established was to undergo a temporary suspension and alteration ; and , His Almighty agency was to resume an immediate operation , in the works of His terrestrial creation . By a new exercise of His incomprehensible ...
... things which He had established was to undergo a temporary suspension and alteration ; and , His Almighty agency was to resume an immediate operation , in the works of His terrestrial creation . By a new exercise of His incomprehensible ...
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... thing of all flesh , clean and un- clean , " ( excepting only those few individuals which were destined to keep seed ... thing was MENIA . 66 66 66 " water the visible things were resolved into " CHAP . III . MINERAL AND MOSAICAL ...
... thing of all flesh , clean and un- clean , " ( excepting only those few individuals which were destined to keep seed ... thing was MENIA . 66 66 66 " water the visible things were resolved into " CHAP . III . MINERAL AND MOSAICAL ...
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... things that were " without the ark , was preserved ; he beheld " heaven only ( the same ) 1 ! " The time allotted for the completion of this amazing revolution , was twelve months ; during - 1 Ακουε . εγενετο κατακλυσμος το κοινον της ...
... things that were " without the ark , was preserved ; he beheld " heaven only ( the same ) 1 ! " The time allotted for the completion of this amazing revolution , was twelve months ; during - 1 Ακουε . εγενετο κατακλυσμος το κοινον της ...
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Page 8 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 238 - And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden ; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page 214 - As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee...
Page 246 - All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the end for which he formed them...
Page 18 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Page 181 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 212 - And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Page 130 - They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Page 19 - And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Page 341 - I have stated, that the total quantity of animal matter that lies within this cavern cannot be computed at less than 5000 cubic feet. Now, allowing two cubic feet of dust and bones for each individual...