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, ... |
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... remarkable Manner the Account which Callisthenes formed of the Aftrono- mical Obfervations , that had been made at Babylon before Alexander took that City ; he fuppofed them to reach 1903 Years backward from Alexander's coming thither ...
... remarkable Manner the Account which Callisthenes formed of the Aftrono- mical Obfervations , that had been made at Babylon before Alexander took that City ; he fuppofed them to reach 1903 Years backward from Alexander's coming thither ...
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... remarkable for having had Years so short , that they imagined their an- cient Kings to have lived or reigned above 6 , 7 , or 10 thousand of them ( b ) ; fomething of a like Nature might be the 473000 Years afcribed to their Aftronomy ...
... remarkable for having had Years so short , that they imagined their an- cient Kings to have lived or reigned above 6 , 7 , or 10 thousand of them ( b ) ; fomething of a like Nature might be the 473000 Years afcribed to their Aftronomy ...
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... remarkable , that the Prophane Writers give us much the fame Accounts of him . Berofus indeed does not call him by his Name , but defcribes a Perfon of his Character to be ( 2 ) ten Generations after the Flood , and fo Mofes makes ...
... remarkable , that the Prophane Writers give us much the fame Accounts of him . Berofus indeed does not call him by his Name , but defcribes a Perfon of his Character to be ( 2 ) ten Generations after the Flood , and fo Mofes makes ...
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... remarkable that they give much the fame Character of him ; all of them allowing him to be eminent for his Vir- tue and Religion , and they add moreover , that he was a Perfon of the most extraordinary Learning and Wisdom : He was Sinai ...
... remarkable that they give much the fame Character of him ; all of them allowing him to be eminent for his Vir- tue and Religion , and they add moreover , that he was a Perfon of the most extraordinary Learning and Wisdom : He was Sinai ...
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... remarkable Actions in them . Ninus , and after him Semiramis , at- tempted to penetrate these Countries , but they met with great Repulfes and Obftructions ; and . ( d ) See Vol . I. Book 4. Diodor . Sic . Lib . 2. Juftin , Lib . 1 . we ...
... remarkable Actions in them . Ninus , and after him Semiramis , at- tempted to penetrate these Countries , but they met with great Repulfes and Obftructions ; and . ( d ) See Vol . I. Book 4. Diodor . Sic . Lib . 2. Juftin , Lib . 1 . we ...
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Page 175 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth): it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 446 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 436 - Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth...
Page 21 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.
Page 441 - And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
Page 454 - ... and the waters were divided. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left...
Page 428 - And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
Page 444 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt...
Page 69 - Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly : and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he : from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
Page 134 - Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years ; and was gathered to his people.