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... spoken of reve- lation . I now proceed further with that subject , for the purpose of applying it to the books in question . Revelation is a communication of something , which the person to whom that thing is revealed , did not AGE OF ...
... spoken of reve- lation . I now proceed further with that subject , for the purpose of applying it to the books in question . Revelation is a communication of something , which the person to whom that thing is revealed , did not AGE OF ...
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... Spoken by Jesus Christ , as a remedy against distrustful care . Behold the lilies of the field , they toil not , nei- ther do they spin . " This , however , is far inferior to the allusions in Job , and in the 19th Psalm ; but it is ...
... Spoken by Jesus Christ , as a remedy against distrustful care . Behold the lilies of the field , they toil not , nei- ther do they spin . " This , however , is far inferior to the allusions in Job , and in the 19th Psalm ; but it is ...
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... spoken ; and as that manner of speaking was out of use when this author wrote , be found it necessary , in order to make the story understood , to explain the terms in which these questions and answers are spoken ; and he does this in ...
... spoken ; and as that manner of speaking was out of use when this author wrote , be found it necessary , in order to make the story understood , to explain the terms in which these questions and answers are spoken ; and he does this in ...
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... spoken of as a judgment ) happening to the chief of one of the parties , and that at the first moment of the se- paration of the Israelites into two nations , would , if it had been true , been recorded in both histories . But though ...
... spoken of as a judgment ) happening to the chief of one of the parties , and that at the first moment of the se- paration of the Israelites into two nations , would , if it had been true , been recorded in both histories . But though ...
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... spoken of , or even their existence hinted at ; though , according to the Bible chronology , they lived within the time those histories were written ; some of them long before . If those prophets , as they are called , were men of such ...
... spoken of , or even their existence hinted at ; though , according to the Bible chronology , they lived within the time those histories were written ; some of them long before . If those prophets , as they are called , were men of such ...
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Page 41 - And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.
Page 6 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament : and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 23 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim: The unwearied sun from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land, The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as...
Page 9 - And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 29 - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, "I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? See thou to that." And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed and went and hanged himself.
Page 40 - Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs : but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
Page 31 - If ye think good, give me my price ; and if not, forbear." So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said unto me, "Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of them!" And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
Page 35 - But who may abide the day of His coming ? And who shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap: and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Page 27 - Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her : loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them ; and straightway he will send them.
Page 9 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.