The Sacred and Prophane 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 |
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... probably , be thought to have taken great Liberty in the Accounts I have given of the most ancient Pro- phane History , particularly in that which is Antediluvian , and which I have redu- ced to an Agreement with the History of Moses ...
... probably , be thought to have taken great Liberty in the Accounts I have given of the most ancient Pro- phane History , particularly in that which is Antediluvian , and which I have redu- ced to an Agreement with the History of Moses ...
Page xxv
... probably there never were either fuch Men or fuch Writers . But to this I answer with Bishop Stilling fleet ( a ) . Had it been fo , the Antagonists of Porphyry , Methodius , Apolli- naris , but especially Eufebius , who was fo well ...
... probably there never were either fuch Men or fuch Writers . But to this I answer with Bishop Stilling fleet ( a ) . Had it been fo , the Antagonists of Porphyry , Methodius , Apolli- naris , but especially Eufebius , who was fo well ...
Page xxvi
... probably the Chaldean Records fuffered Alterations from the Fancies of those who in After - ages copied them , and from hence the Reigns [ or Lives ] of Berofus's Antediluvian Kings [ or rather Men ] came to be extended to fo incredible ...
... probably the Chaldean Records fuffered Alterations from the Fancies of those who in After - ages copied them , and from hence the Reigns [ or Lives ] of Berofus's Antediluvian Kings [ or rather Men ] came to be extended to fo incredible ...
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... probably derived fom the ancient Accounts of Adam's Fall in the Garden of Eden . In fhort , Plato's Works are • ( 6 ) P. 272 . ( a ) In Timeo p . 29 . C 4 every every where full of the ancient Tradi tions , which PREFACE . lv treating ...
... probably derived fom the ancient Accounts of Adam's Fall in the Garden of Eden . In fhort , Plato's Works are • ( 6 ) P. 272 . ( a ) In Timeo p . 29 . C 4 every every where full of the ancient Tradi tions , which PREFACE . lv treating ...
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... probably induced the LXX . to tranflate them sevav x тpéμwv . ( 1 ) Ver . 14. ( m ) Ibid . See the Word fo used 1 Sam . xx . 8. and in other Places of Scripture fo ufed very often , particularly job . xi . 6 . fig- fignifies to be ...
... probably induced the LXX . to tranflate them sevav x тpéμwv . ( 1 ) Ver . 14. ( m ) Ibid . See the Word fo used 1 Sam . xx . 8. and in other Places of Scripture fo ufed very often , particularly job . xi . 6 . fig- fignifies to be ...
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Page 300 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 79 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Page 86 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Page 299 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
Page 87 - By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Page 94 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 300 - And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Page 300 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Page 297 - And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Page 84 - For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of 'Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices : but this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.