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Page 92
They even filled the heaven itself with them , expressing thereby the nature of the
Elements , and accommodating them to the celestial phænomena ; placing the
figure of the Crab at that point of the Zodiac , when the Sun , having attained the ...
They even filled the heaven itself with them , expressing thereby the nature of the
Elements , and accommodating them to the celestial phænomena ; placing the
figure of the Crab at that point of the Zodiac , when the Sun , having attained the ...
Page 108
To which it must be replied , that as clean and unclean animals are not realities of
good and evil , but only figures ; nothing hinders , but that , like other figures , they
should signify differently , when under some different acceptation : as the ...
To which it must be replied , that as clean and unclean animals are not realities of
good and evil , but only figures ; nothing hinders , but that , like other figures , they
should signify differently , when under some different acceptation : as the ...
Page 113
... very magnificent monuments was to “ display the honour of their Kings and “
the Glory of their Country . Marcellinus “ judiciously calls these symbolic figures
the “ beginning of knowledge . Formarum autem “ innumeras notas ,
Hieroglyphicas ...
... very magnificent monuments was to “ display the honour of their Kings and “
the Glory of their Country . Marcellinus “ judiciously calls these symbolic figures
the “ beginning of knowledge . Formarum autem “ innumeras notas ,
Hieroglyphicas ...
Page 122
Nature will undoubtedly occasion some diversity in the qualities of the metal ; yet
it borrows its figure and its polish from education . If its figure is false , or its polish
imperfect , it will represent that as obscure , distorted , and monstrous , which in ...
Nature will undoubtedly occasion some diversity in the qualities of the metal ; yet
it borrows its figure and its polish from education . If its figure is false , or its polish
imperfect , it will represent that as obscure , distorted , and monstrous , which in ...
Page 325
V . When the death of Lazarus was spoken of under a like figure , the expression
was misunderstood for want of a proper degree of faith in the hearers . It is
observed of the inhabitants of the East , that they were accustomed from time ...
V . When the death of Lazarus was spoken of under a like figure , the expression
was misunderstood for want of a proper degree of faith in the hearers . It is
observed of the inhabitants of the East , that they were accustomed from time ...
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Page 367 - But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. "Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 141 - 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 351 - Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Page 122 - Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 180 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know ; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Page 303 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Page 365 - THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice Even with joy and singing: The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, The excellency of Carmel and Sharon, They shall see the glory of the Lord, And the excellency of our God.
Page 322 - How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
Page 69 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 362 - Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
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| Title | The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life and Writings Volume 3 of The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones ...: In Twelve Volumes : to which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life and Writings, William Jones |
| Author | William Jones |
| Publisher | F. and C. Rivington, 1801 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jun 2006 |
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