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... probably , by some transcriber making additions , from the gene- alogies contained in the first chapter of the first of Chronicles . Studious men have always been aware of this ; and The Age of Reason ' has not shewn that any new ...
... probably , by some transcriber making additions , from the gene- alogies contained in the first chapter of the first of Chronicles . Studious men have always been aware of this ; and The Age of Reason ' has not shewn that any new ...
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... probably been seized , or perhaps purchased , by the Ammouites , and preserved as a curiosity . 6 Mr. P.'s ingenious scheme for subsisting about two mil- lions of people for forty years , on a kind of mushroom , will doubtless amuse ...
... probably been seized , or perhaps purchased , by the Ammouites , and preserved as a curiosity . 6 Mr. P.'s ingenious scheme for subsisting about two mil- lions of people for forty years , on a kind of mushroom , will doubtless amuse ...
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... probably , out of respect to royalty , he had spared Agag , whose " sword had made women childless . " In this single instance , Samuel , who had long officiated as chief magistrate , and now acted by the command of God , " hewed Agag ...
... probably , out of respect to royalty , he had spared Agag , whose " sword had made women childless . " In this single instance , Samuel , who had long officiated as chief magistrate , and now acted by the command of God , " hewed Agag ...
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... probably to calm his disturbed mind , and prepare it for the expected prophetick impulse . Mr. P. strangely mistakes the min- strel , or the player on the instrument , for the instrument itself ! And adds , Elisha said , ( singing most ...
... probably to calm his disturbed mind , and prepare it for the expected prophetick impulse . Mr. P. strangely mistakes the min- strel , or the player on the instrument , for the instrument itself ! And adds , Elisha said , ( singing most ...
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... probably the book was written before the promulgation of the Mosaick law . It coincides , however , so fully with the other Scriptures , both in its doctrines and standard of holy practice , that no part of the Old Testa- ment speaks ...
... probably the book was written before the promulgation of the Mosaick law . It coincides , however , so fully with the other Scriptures , both in its doctrines and standard of holy practice , that no part of the Old Testa- ment speaks ...
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Page 13 - O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Page 42 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Page 77 - Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
Page 62 - ... how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him ; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
Page 31 - Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : Fear God, and keep his commandments ; for this is the whole duty of man : for God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Page 20 - And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand : and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries ? and he said, Nay ; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come.
Page 79 - For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world...
Page 82 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 3 - Then he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, 'All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.
Page 51 - Testament, from the necessary connection it has with the whole system of the Jewish religion, from the miracles of Christ, and from the evidence given of his resurrection by all the other apostles, I think the conversion and apostleship of St. Paul alone, duly considered, is, of itself, a demonstration sufficient to prove Christianity to be a divine revelation.