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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... preservation of the doctrine of the divine unity , was one fpecial end of the revelation given to the Ifraelites ; and that even the hiftory contained in the facred vo- lume was meant to be a hedge around this im- portant doctrine . But ...
... preservation of the doctrine of the divine unity , was one fpecial end of the revelation given to the Ifraelites ; and that even the hiftory contained in the facred vo- lume was meant to be a hedge around this im- portant doctrine . But ...
Page 56
... preservation of that precious doctrine revealed to the Church , while it was only tranfmitted by tradition . A particu- lar family was afterwards feparated for this pur- pofe . At length , when idolatry had overrun the world ...
... preservation of that precious doctrine revealed to the Church , while it was only tranfmitted by tradition . A particu- lar family was afterwards feparated for this pur- pofe . At length , when idolatry had overrun the world ...
Page 67
... preservation . He punished the murmuring of the Ifraelites , by fending fiery ferpents to destroy them . At his command , fuch legions of frogs affaulted the Egyptians , that the combined power of Egypt was infufficient to vanquish them ...
... preservation . He punished the murmuring of the Ifraelites , by fending fiery ferpents to destroy them . At his command , fuch legions of frogs affaulted the Egyptians , that the combined power of Egypt was infufficient to vanquish them ...
Page 277
... preservation of the church . This was the irrevocable nature of the laws of the Medes and Perfians . But even this was pro- videntially S 3 " n . Efth . v . 9 . videntially ordered and overruled for the greater triumph and fecurity ...
... preservation of the church . This was the irrevocable nature of the laws of the Medes and Perfians . But even this was pro- videntially S 3 " n . Efth . v . 9 . videntially ordered and overruled for the greater triumph and fecurity ...
Page 294
... preservation of his life . He disguised him- felf , that he might be unknown in battle ; while he ungenerously afked of Jehofhaphat to appear in his royal apparel , and thus expofe himself to the danger he wished to avoid . He alfo ...
... preservation of his life . He disguised him- felf , that he might be unknown in battle ; while he ungenerously afked of Jehofhaphat to appear in his royal apparel , and thus expofe himself to the danger he wished to avoid . He alfo ...
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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.