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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... manner liable to no exceptions . 1 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 creating expectations, ...
... manner liable to no exceptions . 1 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 creating expectations, ...
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... servant was Spaco ; but the Greeks called her Cyno , ' apprehending Cyno in Greek , to be of the same import as Spaco in the Median tongue . This was the common practice of the ancient writers , and some moderns have imitated it ; of ...
... servant was Spaco ; but the Greeks called her Cyno , ' apprehending Cyno in Greek , to be of the same import as Spaco in the Median tongue . This was the common practice of the ancient writers , and some moderns have imitated it ; of ...
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... servants . Sesac con- quered not only them , but the neighbouring nations ; for the Jews in serving him felt only the service of the kingdoms of the countries round about them ; that is , all the neighbouring nations underwent the This ...
... servants . Sesac con- quered not only them , but the neighbouring nations ; for the Jews in serving him felt only the service of the kingdoms of the countries round about them ; that is , all the neighbouring nations underwent the This ...
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... servants being his whole retinue ; yet with these he pursued the enemy unto Dan . We do not read that Abram attacked the whole Assyrian army ; which , without doubt , would have been an attempt too great for the little company which he ...
... servants being his whole retinue ; yet with these he pursued the enemy unto Dan . We do not read that Abram attacked the whole Assyrian army ; which , without doubt , would have been an attempt too great for the little company which he ...
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... servants and women- • Ver . 31 , 32 . : Gen. xx . servants , and a thousand pieces of silver , and 112 BOOK VI . SACRED AND PROFANE.
... servants and women- • Ver . 31 , 32 . : Gen. xx . servants , and a thousand pieces of silver , and 112 BOOK VI . SACRED AND PROFANE.
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Page 448 - 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 213 - Lord: 15 looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; " lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. " For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 502 - And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians.
Page 505 - 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 119 - 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 119 - And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham, and he said, Here am I.
Page 233 - 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 497 - Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth...
Page 503 - 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 266 - 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.