The Sacred and Profane History of the World Connected: From the Creation of the World to the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire at the Death of Sardanapalus, and to the Declension of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel Under the Reigns of Ahaz and Pekah: Including the Dissertation on the Creation and Fall of Man, Volume 2Baynes, 1808 - History, Ancient |
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... carry it through in a manner liable to no exceptions . I am , My LORD , Your Lordship's most obedient , And most humble servant , SAMUEL SHUCKFORD . PREFACE . THIS second volume , which I now offer iv DEDICATION . my performance, by ...
... carry it through in a manner liable to no exceptions . I am , My LORD , Your Lordship's most obedient , And most humble servant , SAMUEL SHUCKFORD . PREFACE . THIS second volume , which I now offer iv DEDICATION . my performance, by ...
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... expe- dition , formed from the constellations of Chiron . This seems to be demonstration , and to prove incontestably , that the ancient profane history is generally carried about three hundred years higher PREFACE .
... expe- dition , formed from the constellations of Chiron . This seems to be demonstration , and to prove incontestably , that the ancient profane history is generally carried about three hundred years higher PREFACE .
Page vii
... carried about three hundred years higher backward than the truth . The full force of this argument is clearly expressed in the short Chronicle ' as follows : I. " Chiron formed the constellations for the use of the Argonauts , and ...
... carried about three hundred years higher backward than the truth . The full force of this argument is clearly expressed in the short Chronicle ' as follows : I. " Chiron formed the constellations for the use of the Argonauts , and ...
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... carried up higher than it ought to be ; is taken from the lengths of the reigns of the ancient kings . He re- marks ... carrying the profane his- tory too far backward , and would fix the several epochs of it more agreeable to true ...
... carried up higher than it ought to be ; is taken from the lengths of the reigns of the ancient kings . He re- marks ... carrying the profane his- tory too far backward , and would fix the several epochs of it more agreeable to true ...
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... carry us down thus far , as may appear from Sir John Marsham's Tables of the kings of Egypt . The ancient Egyptian writers are known to have lengthened their antiquities , by supposing all their kings to have reigned successively , when ...
... carry us down thus far , as may appear from Sir John Marsham's Tables of the kings of Egypt . The ancient Egyptian writers are known to have lengthened their antiquities , by supposing all their kings to have reigned successively , when ...
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Page 264 - 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 117 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called : Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 446 - The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 503 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 231 - And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Page 114 - But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Page 501 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
Page 500 - Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Page 250 - And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Page 117 - And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham : and he said, Here am I.