The Use of Sacred History: Especially as Illustrating and Confirming the Great Doctrines of Revelation. To which are Prefixed Two Dissertations; the First, on the Authrnticity of the History Contained in the Pentateuch, and in Joshua, the Second, Proving that the Books Ascribed to Moses Were Actually Written by Him and by Divine Inspiration, Volume 2A. Nell, 1802 - Bible |
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... appears from the beautiful compend given of it in the chapter of which these words are a part . All that they did or fuffered was " by faith ; " and their fuccefs clearly fhows , that their faith was not placed on a nonentity . Next to ...
... appears from the beautiful compend given of it in the chapter of which these words are a part . All that they did or fuffered was " by faith ; " and their fuccefs clearly fhows , that their faith was not placed on a nonentity . Next to ...
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... appear , when we reflect that Cyrus was the leader of that very people who zealously adhered to the doctrine of two firft principles , and with whom it feems to have originated . " I am JEHOVAH , " and there is none elfe , there is no ...
... appear , when we reflect that Cyrus was the leader of that very people who zealously adhered to the doctrine of two firft principles , and with whom it feems to have originated . " I am JEHOVAH , " and there is none elfe , there is no ...
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... appears , from the de- nunciation of the fentence of death , that nothing could be more abfurd than to deify and adore a dead man . Well , therefore , may we fay with He- zekiah ; " O JEHOVAH of hofts , -thou art the " God , even thou ...
... appears , from the de- nunciation of the fentence of death , that nothing could be more abfurd than to deify and adore a dead man . Well , therefore , may we fay with He- zekiah ; " O JEHOVAH of hofts , -thou art the " God , even thou ...
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... appear from thefe works . Therefore he thus addreffes Ifrael : " Hath God af- " fayed to take him a nation from the midst of ano- " ther nation , by temptations , by figns and by won- " ders , and by war , and by a mighty hand , and by ...
... appear from thefe works . Therefore he thus addreffes Ifrael : " Hath God af- " fayed to take him a nation from the midst of ano- " ther nation , by temptations , by figns and by won- " ders , and by war , and by a mighty hand , and by ...
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... appear- ances of idolatry . In fucceeding ages , a fimilar appeal was made , by the profeffors of the true re- ligion , to the deluge as a fact that could admit of no difpute , and as a decifive evidence of the power and providence of ...
... appear- ances of idolatry . In fucceeding ages , a fimilar appeal was made , by the profeffors of the true re- ligion , to the deluge as a fact that could admit of no difpute , and as a decifive evidence of the power and providence of ...
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Page 200 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 246 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 19 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 65 - Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars, for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar ; the Lord of Hosts is his name.
Page 198 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 392 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 107 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear : For our God is a consuming fire.
Page 285 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 442 - I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 280 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.