Divine Providence, Or, The Three Cycles of Revelation: Showing the Parallelism of the Patriarchal, Jewish, and Christian Dispensations : Being a New Evidence of the Divine Origin of Christianity |
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... . 92 126 139 156 162 173 182 • 187 .. 191 216 222 ... 13. Cain and Abel . New theory of their sacrifices and contention .... 14. The Longevity of the Patriarchs ... 15. The Septuagint CHAP . 16. The Ante - diluvian Patriarchs . New.
... . 92 126 139 156 162 173 182 • 187 .. 191 216 222 ... 13. Cain and Abel . New theory of their sacrifices and contention .... 14. The Longevity of the Patriarchs ... 15. The Septuagint CHAP . 16. The Ante - diluvian Patriarchs . New.
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... Cain was born . On the other hand , Providence seldom precipi- tates its work . It is not inconsistent with the history , and it is perfectly consistent with nature , to suppose that the first pair were allowed some sufficient period to ...
... Cain was born . On the other hand , Providence seldom precipi- tates its work . It is not inconsistent with the history , and it is perfectly consistent with nature , to suppose that the first pair were allowed some sufficient period to ...
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... Cain abused this provision for the perpetuity of the highest gift of heaven ; their abuse was no ground for abridging its uses to a race , with whom length of life was length of wisdom . But , to shorten the existence of one portion of ...
... Cain abused this provision for the perpetuity of the highest gift of heaven ; their abuse was no ground for abridging its uses to a race , with whom length of life was length of wisdom . But , to shorten the existence of one portion of ...
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... Cain was sentenced , the imme- diate act of his Judge was to drive him from the sight of Paradise . He was driven ... Cain ; there being no reason to suppose that the prohibition of approaching Eden laid upon Cain as the first murderer ...
... Cain was sentenced , the imme- diate act of his Judge was to drive him from the sight of Paradise . He was driven ... Cain ; there being no reason to suppose that the prohibition of approaching Eden laid upon Cain as the first murderer ...
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... , what raising of the valley , what making straight the great general highway of man to the possession of all the good that fills the frame of the world ! CHAPTER XIII . CAIN AND ABEL . Ir is natural 190 THE ADAMITE STATE .
... , what raising of the valley , what making straight the great general highway of man to the possession of all the good that fills the frame of the world ! CHAPTER XIII . CAIN AND ABEL . Ir is natural 190 THE ADAMITE STATE .
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Page 25 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years : 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so.
Page 186 - 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 xi - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 515 - And the seventh angel sounded ; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever...
Page 262 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 550 - But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Page 164 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 132 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 400 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them.