The Connection Between the Sacred Writings and the Literature of Jewish and Heathen Authors: Particulary that of the Classical Ages, Illustrated, Principally with a View to Evidence in Confimation of the Truth of Revealed Religion, Volume 2F. C. and J. Rivington, 1819 - Bible |
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... poets , which of the sophists , did not drink alto- gether of the sacred source ; and many other writers carried their opinions so far , as to maintain that the natural , as well as the moral philosophy of the Heathens , and even ...
... poets , which of the sophists , did not drink alto- gether of the sacred source ; and many other writers carried their opinions so far , as to maintain that the natural , as well as the moral philosophy of the Heathens , and even ...
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... poet than is assigned to him by Sir Isaac Newton , who states him to have flourished 884 years before the Christian era , and within 110 or 120 years of Solomon , and one generation from the siege of Troy , which he places at a later ...
... poet than is assigned to him by Sir Isaac Newton , who states him to have flourished 884 years before the Christian era , and within 110 or 120 years of Solomon , and one generation from the siege of Troy , which he places at a later ...
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... poets might drink the streams of inspiration . He seems to have been a man of great mode- ration and liberality of mind , much alive to the sensibilities of filial and fraternal tender ness , and entertaining a high respect for ... poet 10.
... poets might drink the streams of inspiration . He seems to have been a man of great mode- ration and liberality of mind , much alive to the sensibilities of filial and fraternal tender ness , and entertaining a high respect for ... poet 10.
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... poet seems to have been desirous of ex- citing a religious spirit and a love of agricul- ture , adopting moral views of softening the disposition by leading men to cultivate the peaceful arts of life . The works are inter- spersed with ...
... poet seems to have been desirous of ex- citing a religious spirit and a love of agricul- ture , adopting moral views of softening the disposition by leading men to cultivate the peaceful arts of life . The works are inter- spersed with ...
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... poet to celebrate their famet . This age terminated , as these writers suppose , with a second flood , which was merely local , and happened at a later period than is as- Gen. vi . 1 , 2. Jud . iv . Hales's New Analysis of Chro- nology ...
... poet to celebrate their famet . This age terminated , as these writers suppose , with a second flood , which was merely local , and happened at a later period than is as- Gen. vi . 1 , 2. Jud . iv . Hales's New Analysis of Chro- nology ...
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Page 48 - For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same : but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Page 184 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Page 463 - For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Page 40 - And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Page 48 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 135 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. 7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
Page 132 - As, therefore, among men we make best trial of the affection and gratitude of our neighbour by showing him kindness, and discover his wisdom by consulting him in our distress, do thou, in like manner, behave towards the gods. And if thou wouldst experience what their wisdom and what their love, render thyself deserving the communication of some of those divine secrets which may not be penetrated by man, and are imparted to those alone who consult, who adore, who obey the Deity.
Page 434 - Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
Page 271 - Jewish legislator, no ordinary person, having conceived a just idea of the power of god, has nobly expressed it in the beginning of his law. "And god said, - what? - Let there be light, and there was light. Let the earth be, and the earth was.
Page 225 - And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.