An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: With ... a ... History of the Jews, from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present DayJ. Tilden and Company, 1840 - 437 pages |
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... Heathen nations , ignorant of their origin , were fond of ascribing to themselves vast antiquity . The Babylo- nians and Egyptians boasted of their astronomical observa- tions , and counted their dynasties through thirty and forty ...
... Heathen nations , ignorant of their origin , were fond of ascribing to themselves vast antiquity . The Babylo- nians and Egyptians boasted of their astronomical observa- tions , and counted their dynasties through thirty and forty ...
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... heathen fictions are too absurd and puerile to be received a moment by a rational mind . In the bright views which we are permitted to take of all that God has done , of the manner of execution , and Chapter 1. ] 27 CREATION .
... heathen fictions are too absurd and puerile to be received a moment by a rational mind . In the bright views which we are permitted to take of all that God has done , of the manner of execution , and Chapter 1. ] 27 CREATION .
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... heathen nations , and there are numerous appearances in the earth which clearly indicate that it was once overwhelmed by a deluge of water . Trees , bones of animals , sea - shells , petrified fishes deeply imbedded in the earth , yea ...
... heathen nations , and there are numerous appearances in the earth which clearly indicate that it was once overwhelmed by a deluge of water . Trees , bones of animals , sea - shells , petrified fishes deeply imbedded in the earth , yea ...
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... Heathen deities mentioned in the history of the Jews , are Baal , or the Sun ; Astarte or Ashtaroth , the Moon ; several Baalim or Lords ; as Baal Peor , a god of the Moabites ; Baal Berith , or god of the Covenant , a god of the ...
... Heathen deities mentioned in the history of the Jews , are Baal , or the Sun ; Astarte or Ashtaroth , the Moon ; several Baalim or Lords ; as Baal Peor , a god of the Moabites ; Baal Berith , or god of the Covenant , a god of the ...
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... heathen world . Through every generation , in every clime , it has been vile and abominable beyond what language can express . The picture of it in his day , drawn by Paul in the close of the first chapter of his Epistle to the Romans ...
... heathen world . Through every generation , in every clime , it has been vile and abominable beyond what language can express . The picture of it in his day , drawn by Paul in the close of the first chapter of his Epistle to the Romans ...
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Page 51 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 150 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel : for I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Page 47 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 84 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 225 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Page 81 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning ! If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy...
Page 84 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Page 86 - Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 149 - And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest; it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Page 62 - Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord: I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.