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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... which , on account of its great antiquity , could serve my purpose . But here an obstacle presented itself . It has been contended of late years by some , contrary to the opinion of our ancient and almost all our vi PREFACE .
... which , on account of its great antiquity , could serve my purpose . But here an obstacle presented itself . It has been contended of late years by some , contrary to the opinion of our ancient and almost all our vi PREFACE .
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... opinion of our ancient and almost all our modern divines , that Job lived after Moses and not before him , and that he had seen the writings of the latter , from which he had probably copied . I was obliged therefore to have this ...
... opinion of our ancient and almost all our modern divines , that Job lived after Moses and not before him , and that he had seen the writings of the latter , from which he had probably copied . I was obliged therefore to have this ...
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... opinion ; but as often as they had occasion to mention it , their usual expression was " they were commanded to the Sons of Noah , that is , the whole race of men , and the first man , Adam , received them from God . For they held 7.
... opinion ; but as often as they had occasion to mention it , their usual expression was " they were commanded to the Sons of Noah , that is , the whole race of men , and the first man , Adam , received them from God . For they held 7.
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... opinion as to the meaning of the first verse of the second chapter , " again there was a day when the sons of God ( or servants of God , as Coverdale translates it , or devout per- sons in Job's own house , ) came to present them ...
... opinion as to the meaning of the first verse of the second chapter , " again there was a day when the sons of God ( or servants of God , as Coverdale translates it , or devout per- sons in Job's own house , ) came to present them ...
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... opinion . " No other interpretation , says he , can be given of these remarkable words . They were not delivered by any immediate Revelation , and therefore must refer to a former declaration of God's will to our first parents , which ...
... opinion . " No other interpretation , says he , can be given of these remarkable words . They were not delivered by any immediate Revelation , and therefore must refer to a former declaration of God's will to our first parents , which ...
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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?