The Antiquity, Literal Meaning, and Authenticity of the Mosaic Narrative, Examined and EstablishedLongman and Company, Routledge and Company, 1854 - 16 pages |
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... principles - that they furnish more influential motives - or that they exhibit a steadier light to their votaries , in their pursuit after the attainment of virtue and happiness - than those of Plato . a Dr. Gregory , vol . i . 56 . The ...
... principles - that they furnish more influential motives - or that they exhibit a steadier light to their votaries , in their pursuit after the attainment of virtue and happiness - than those of Plato . a Dr. Gregory , vol . i . 56 . The ...
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... principles of that virtue which Infidels profess to be so anxious to practice , are said to be contained in a book , originally written in the Hebrew tongue , and which the people to whom it was given call the Torah - or Law ! It is ...
... principles of that virtue which Infidels profess to be so anxious to practice , are said to be contained in a book , originally written in the Hebrew tongue , and which the people to whom it was given call the Torah - or Law ! It is ...
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... principle of the universe is a dark and windy air ; and a turbulent evening chaos . These things were boundless , and for a long time had no figure . Of this wind was begotten the putrifaction of a watery mixture and of this came all ...
... principle of the universe is a dark and windy air ; and a turbulent evening chaos . These things were boundless , and for a long time had no figure . Of this wind was begotten the putrifaction of a watery mixture and of this came all ...
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... principles upon which their national institutions were based , and from which they took their character ? Yes ! Did their laws embody the same principles , and derive from them their chief sanctions ? Yes ! Were the moral habits of the ...
... principles upon which their national institutions were based , and from which they took their character ? Yes ! Did their laws embody the same principles , and derive from them their chief sanctions ? Yes ! Were the moral habits of the ...
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... principle being of the universe , by whom all things were produced . " They denomi- nated fire " the divine intellect , by which all things were fashioned , and by which their country was pro- tected . " They showed the same veneration ...
... principle being of the universe , by whom all things were produced . " They denomi- nated fire " the divine intellect , by which all things were fashioned , and by which their country was pro- tected . " They showed the same veneration ...
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Page 96 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Page 86 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 91 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn, That he who made it, and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Page 75 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 75 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 26 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; Thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 96 - These are the generations of Noah : Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Page 29 - The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones.
Page 29 - Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones ; and caused me to pass by them round about ; and, behold, there were very many in the open valley ; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live ? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
Page 103 - And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice : for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.