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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... offering of Abel was in all respects conformable to the will of God , as revealed to our first parents on the subject of offerings or sacrifice and that Cain's offering was not . Cain then , it is evident , if this interpretation be ...
... offering of Abel was in all respects conformable to the will of God , as revealed to our first parents on the subject of offerings or sacrifice and that Cain's offering was not . Cain then , it is evident , if this interpretation be ...
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... offerings either from the herds or flocks or turtle doves and young pigeons . The Patriarchs did the same . He sprinkled also on two occasions the blood of the sacrifice with a bough of Hyssop . This was also the patriarchal mode of ...
... offerings either from the herds or flocks or turtle doves and young pigeons . The Patriarchs did the same . He sprinkled also on two occasions the blood of the sacrifice with a bough of Hyssop . This was also the patriarchal mode of ...
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... offerings ac- cording to the number of them all . " We come next to the sabbath day . Divines have been much divided in opinion as to the meaning of the first verse of the second chapter , " again there was a day when the sons of God ...
... offerings ac- cording to the number of them all . " We come next to the sabbath day . Divines have been much divided in opinion as to the meaning of the first verse of the second chapter , " again there was a day when the sons of God ...
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... offerings . But what does the cursing of God ' mean here ? Divines have interpreted the words differently ; but I believe the meaning to be , that the sons of Job might have spoken irreverently of God du- ring the merriment of their ...
... offerings . But what does the cursing of God ' mean here ? Divines have interpreted the words differently ; but I believe the meaning to be , that the sons of Job might have spoken irreverently of God du- ring the merriment of their ...
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... 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 . Thus did Job continually . " Job , c . 1. 5. We learn from this that Job , fearing that his children when ...
... 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 . Thus did Job continually . " Job , c . 1. 5. We learn from this that Job , fearing that his children when ...
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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?