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... tion of such illustrious names as Prideaux , Lardner , Briant , Stillingfleet , Pearson , Doddridge , and others . But these all enter only into a part of my scheme ; they elucidate a particular portion of the sacred writ ings , or ...
... tion of such illustrious names as Prideaux , Lardner , Briant , Stillingfleet , Pearson , Doddridge , and others . But these all enter only into a part of my scheme ; they elucidate a particular portion of the sacred writ ings , or ...
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... tion must necessarily contain - Moses is the author of it - The connex- ion between it , and the succeeding books , is inseparable . — The historian writes like a man convinced of the truth of that which he advances- The difference ...
... tion must necessarily contain - Moses is the author of it - The connex- ion between it , and the succeeding books , is inseparable . — The historian writes like a man convinced of the truth of that which he advances- The difference ...
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... tion of Moses . Difference between man and man in talents , in litera- ture , in rank of life , and in piety-- Silence of Moses respecting the first 40 years of his life . He slays the Egyptian --- and flies --- He marries Zip- porah He ...
... tion of Moses . Difference between man and man in talents , in litera- ture , in rank of life , and in piety-- Silence of Moses respecting the first 40 years of his life . He slays the Egyptian --- and flies --- He marries Zip- porah He ...
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... tion has yielded to one more simple and more spiritual --- The obscurity of antiquity left behind - The subject stated -- It relates to facts transpiring in the zenith of the glory of Rome . Expectations of the world at this period ...
... tion has yielded to one more simple and more spiritual --- The obscurity of antiquity left behind - The subject stated -- It relates to facts transpiring in the zenith of the glory of Rome . Expectations of the world at this period ...
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... tion , and to use this knowledge against the volume from which they derived it . It is not possible to de- termine with any degree of precision , what discove- ries the unassisted light of reason is capable of mak- ing , while it is ...
... tion , and to use this knowledge against the volume from which they derived it . It is not possible to de- termine with any degree of precision , what discove- ries the unassisted light of reason is capable of mak- ing , while it is ...
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Page 133 - Then the Lord rained upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 267 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
Page 75 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 128 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 350 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory: The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in.
Page 39 - Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work...
Page 188 - The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 149 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Page 366 - Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations...
Page 294 - But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.