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... suppose God would confound this ? ) " scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth , " ( Gen. xi . 4--9 . ) Now whatever particulars in this account may be variously interpreted , thus much is clear and unde- niable , That all ...
... suppose God would confound this ? ) " scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth , " ( Gen. xi . 4--9 . ) Now whatever particulars in this account may be variously interpreted , thus much is clear and unde- niable , That all ...
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... suppose the reign of Saturn to have ex- pired , when Adam was driven out of paradise . I cannot forbear adding another picture of the ancient dignity of human nature , drawn by the same masterly hand . Before men dwelt in cities , he ...
... suppose the reign of Saturn to have ex- pired , when Adam was driven out of paradise . I cannot forbear adding another picture of the ancient dignity of human nature , drawn by the same masterly hand . Before men dwelt in cities , he ...
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... suppose they had more . Whatever therefore they were , we may safely gather from what they are : we may judge of the past by the present . Would we know then ( to begin with a part of the world known to very early antiquity ) what ...
... suppose they had more . Whatever therefore they were , we may safely gather from what they are : we may judge of the past by the present . Would we know then ( to begin with a part of the world known to very early antiquity ) what ...
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... suppose mankind in general , to be on a level , with regard to knowledge and virtue , even with the inhabitants of our fortunate islands : and take our measure of them , from the present undeniable state of our own countrymen . • In ...
... suppose mankind in general , to be on a level , with regard to knowledge and virtue , even with the inhabitants of our fortunate islands : and take our measure of them , from the present undeniable state of our own countrymen . • In ...
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... suppose it to have been of ancient date . Profane history gives us a large account of universal wickedness , that is , universal bad education , for above two thousand years last past . Sacred history adds the account of above two ...
... suppose it to have been of ancient date . Profane history gives us a large account of universal wickedness , that is , universal bad education , for above two thousand years last past . Sacred history adds the account of above two ...
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Page 158 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Page 361 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away : and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Page 354 - And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised, that righteousness might be imputed unto them also...
Page 355 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 351 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth): it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 102 - What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints ; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Page 355 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 356 - And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, "All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient." And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.
Page 354 - And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you...
Page 409 - But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.