Researches Antediluvian, Patriarchal and Historical: Concerning the Way in which Men First Acquired Their Knowledge of God and Religion, and as to what Were the Doctrines of the Churches of Adam and Noah, with an Account of the Long Night of Idolatry, which Followed and Darkened the Earth, and Also of the Means Designed by God for the Recovery and Extension of His Truths, and of Their Final Accomplishment by Jesus Christ |
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... kingdom of Heaven . It has appeared then , if my interpretation of these texts be right , that a notion existed among the Patriarchs , that there was a soul in Man dis- tinct from the body , and that the souls of holy or good men , when ...
... kingdom of Heaven . It has appeared then , if my interpretation of these texts be right , that a notion existed among the Patriarchs , that there was a soul in Man dis- tinct from the body , and that the souls of holy or good men , when ...
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... kingdom in the world . It is said of this family , that they were the first to abuse the religious light , namely , the moral precepts and doctrines before - mentioned , which Noah had left them , and to have departed from the true God ...
... kingdom in the world . It is said of this family , that they were the first to abuse the religious light , namely , the moral precepts and doctrines before - mentioned , which Noah had left them , and to have departed from the true God ...
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... kingdom , and indeed went so far into the torrid zone , that in Jeremiah's time the whole race had become black , as appears from the well- known question of that prophet " can the Ethio- pian ( or as it should have been translated ...
... kingdom , and indeed went so far into the torrid zone , that in Jeremiah's time the whole race had become black , as appears from the well- known question of that prophet " can the Ethio- pian ( or as it should have been translated ...
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... kingdom of Judah , then called Jews , were de- livered with few exceptions into the hands of the Babylonians . Here they paid the penalties of their former disobedience ; here they suffered all the miseries of slavery ; its tiresome ...
... kingdom of Judah , then called Jews , were de- livered with few exceptions into the hands of the Babylonians . Here they paid the penalties of their former disobedience ; here they suffered all the miseries of slavery ; its tiresome ...
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... kingdom to Israel , " ( Acts . 1. 6. ) that is , re- store the kingdom of David to its ancient glory . It will be seen from this account , that the views of the Jews were for the most part worldly on this subject . The people of Samaria ...
... kingdom to Israel , " ( Acts . 1. 6. ) that is , re- store the kingdom of David to its ancient glory . It will be seen from this account , that the views of the Jews were for the most part worldly on this subject . The people of Samaria ...
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Page 63 - And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.
Page 89 - This is that which the Lord hath said: 'Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord.' Bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Page 54 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 55 - Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Page 42 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 24 - My foot hath held his steps, His way have I kept, and not declined. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Page 79 - Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?