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... hands , and not by miracle ; because it displeased God . These two numbers of sixty - five and sixty make 125 ; the rest of the time of 131 ( in which year they arrived in Shinar , whereof there were six years remaining ) we may give ...
... hands , and not by miracle ; because it displeased God . These two numbers of sixty - five and sixty make 125 ; the rest of the time of 131 ( in which year they arrived in Shinar , whereof there were six years remaining ) we may give ...
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... be pretended than a strong hand ; the foolish and effeminate son of a tyrannous and hated father could very ill hold so many great princes and nations his vassals , with a power less mastering , 30 BOOK II . THE HISTORY.
... be pretended than a strong hand ; the foolish and effeminate son of a tyrannous and hated father could very ill hold so many great princes and nations his vassals , with a power less mastering , 30 BOOK II . THE HISTORY.
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... hand ; in which time of twenty - three years after the death of Semiramis , the neighbour princes had recovered their liberty and former estates . For Semiramis's army of four millions , with herself , utterly consumed in India , and ...
... hand ; in which time of twenty - three years after the death of Semiramis , the neighbour princes had recovered their liberty and former estates . For Semiramis's army of four millions , with herself , utterly consumed in India , and ...
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... hands , with many leasings ; and recounted unto strangers the names of many kings that never reigned . What ground they had for these reports of supposed kings , it shall appear anon . Sure it is , that the magnificent works and royal ...
... hands , with many leasings ; and recounted unto strangers the names of many kings that never reigned . What ground they had for these reports of supposed kings , it shall appear anon . Sure it is , that the magnificent works and royal ...
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... hands of some trusty counsellor , only reserving the sovereignty to themselves , as the old kings of France were wont to the masters of the palace , and as the Turk doth to the chief vizier . This is confirmed , first , by the number of ...
... hands of some trusty counsellor , only reserving the sovereignty to themselves , as the old kings of France were wont to the masters of the palace , and as the Turk doth to the chief vizier . This is confirmed , first , by the number of ...
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Page 115 - But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
Page 126 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 108 - And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Page 128 - They that make them are like unto them ; and so are all such as put their trust in them.
Page 248 - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Page 392 - And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables...
Page 126 - See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil ; in that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Page 201 - And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Page 175 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, My speech shall distil as the dew ; As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb : For I will proclaim the name of the LORD : Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 215 - And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.