The Contrast Between Good and Bad Men: Illustrated by the Biography and Truths of the Bible, Volume 1M. W. Dodd, 1855 |
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... land , where he and his descendants , severed from the more virtuous posterity of Seth , formed a community by themselves . This was the first colony of the human race , and had this base and degenerate origin . Little could be hoped ...
... land , where he and his descendants , severed from the more virtuous posterity of Seth , formed a community by themselves . This was the first colony of the human race , and had this base and degenerate origin . Little could be hoped ...
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... land was turned into ocean , and ocean into solid land . Mountains were moved out of their place ; the bowels of the earth were formed anew ; forests were over- thrown , and the bones of man and beast , no longer floating in the waters ...
... land was turned into ocean , and ocean into solid land . Mountains were moved out of their place ; the bowels of the earth were formed anew ; forests were over- thrown , and the bones of man and beast , no longer floating in the waters ...
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... land of his nativity , was not only the first great monarchy of which any records are to be . found in history , but a land where philosophy held her first throne , and the exact sciences were the 3 * ABRAHAM . 57.
... land of his nativity , was not only the first great monarchy of which any records are to be . found in history , but a land where philosophy held her first throne , and the exact sciences were the 3 * ABRAHAM . 57.
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... land , and where the sottish and infatuated mind of man sought its decisions from the oracles of the heathen , he sought and became imbued with the teachings of unerring wisdom . It is recorded concerning him , Abraham believed God ...
... land , and where the sottish and infatuated mind of man sought its decisions from the oracles of the heathen , he sought and became imbued with the teachings of unerring wisdom . It is recorded concerning him , Abraham believed God ...
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... land of Canaan to his posterity , or to be " his shield and exceeding great reward , " or that Sarah should have a son in old age , or that Ishmael should become a great nation as well as Isaac ; Abraham was assured that the event would ...
... land of Canaan to his posterity , or to be " his shield and exceeding great reward , " or that Sarah should have a son in old age , or that Ishmael should become a great nation as well as Isaac ; Abraham was assured that the event would ...
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Page 18 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 217 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Page 175 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Page 199 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.