Sacred History, Selected from the Scriptures: With Annotations and Reflections, Particularly Calculated to Facilitate the Study of the Holy Scriptures in Schools and Families, Volume 1Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) J. Johnson, 1810 - Bible |
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... human being who was to be the companion of Adam , and to partake with him the blessings of creation and providence , Gon formed her of one of Adam's ribs , and Adam justly considered her as another self , and un- derstood that it was ...
... human being who was to be the companion of Adam , and to partake with him the blessings of creation and providence , Gon formed her of one of Adam's ribs , and Adam justly considered her as another self , and un- derstood that it was ...
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... human pair , after he had created them , was like that before pronounced on the inferior creatures , but with this ad- dition , that they were to replenish the earth and subdue it , and to have dominion over the fowls of the air , & c ...
... human pair , after he had created them , was like that before pronounced on the inferior creatures , but with this ad- dition , that they were to replenish the earth and subdue it , and to have dominion over the fowls of the air , & c ...
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... human mind . * Let us imagine ourselves among the spectators of the wonderful scene exhibited in the gradual production of our earthly Globe , and its appendages . How grand and sublime was the first object of terrestrial creation , the ...
... human mind . * Let us imagine ourselves among the spectators of the wonderful scene exhibited in the gradual production of our earthly Globe , and its appendages . How grand and sublime was the first object of terrestrial creation , the ...
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... human race , for whose use and pleasure these wonders were created ? Ought they who are constant partakers of innumerable earthly blessings , who are endued with faculties by means of which they can understand from whose goodness they ...
... human race , for whose use and pleasure these wonders were created ? Ought they who are constant partakers of innumerable earthly blessings , who are endued with faculties by means of which they can understand from whose goodness they ...
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... human mind can enjoy , provided this study is conducted upon religious principles . The Book of Nature is open to all . " On every Leaf CREATOR GOD is written . " Let us then daily employ some of those intervals of leisure which all may ...
... human mind can enjoy , provided this study is conducted upon religious principles . The Book of Nature is open to all . " On every Leaf CREATOR GOD is written . " Let us then daily employ some of those intervals of leisure which all may ...
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Page 281 - Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Page 258 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Page 334 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 93 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Page 121 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering : so they went both of them together.
Page 121 - And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon Ike wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham ; and he said, Here am I.
Page 345 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground : and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Page 281 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 282 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?
Page 259 - JUDAH, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise : Thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies ; Thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp : From the prey, my son, thou art gone up : He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.