Antediluvian Antiquities: Fragments of the Age of MethuselahMunroe and Francis, 1829 - 285 pages |
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... hath giv- en unto us great stature and great power , and how can we serve the Lord better than to assist the weak and the poor and the oppressed people of Zahab against the enemies and the oppressors of their own land , who regard ...
... hath giv- en unto us great stature and great power , and how can we serve the Lord better than to assist the weak and the poor and the oppressed people of Zahab against the enemies and the oppressors of their own land , who regard ...
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... hath appointed you to lead and guide us , and to rule and reign over us . Will he give us a sign from heaven that these things are indeed so ? Command ye now the Sun to withhold its light , and the day to become dark as night . Speak ye ...
... hath appointed you to lead and guide us , and to rule and reign over us . Will he give us a sign from heaven that these things are indeed so ? Command ye now the Sun to withhold its light , and the day to become dark as night . Speak ye ...
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... Hath the rain a father ? or who hath begotten the drops of dew ? JOB . The west and south - west winds , which in Syria and Palestine pre- vail from November to February , are , to borrow an expression of the Arabs , the fathers of the ...
... Hath the rain a father ? or who hath begotten the drops of dew ? JOB . The west and south - west winds , which in Syria and Palestine pre- vail from November to February , are , to borrow an expression of the Arabs , the fathers of the ...
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... hath dominion over me . I know that he formed my body of the dust of the earth , and that he breathed into this body the breath of life from his own breath of life , and that he hath power to cause me to live and not die . I know that ...
... hath dominion over me . I know that he formed my body of the dust of the earth , and that he breathed into this body the breath of life from his own breath of life , and that he hath power to cause me to live and not die . I know that ...
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... hath the power of death over all creatures that are the work of his hands . I have told thee all these things before , and I will now give unto thee to know much greater things . Even in the heaven of heav- ens , there is a very great ...
... hath the power of death over all creatures that are the work of his hands . I have told thee all these things before , and I will now give unto thee to know much greater things . Even in the heaven of heav- ens , there is a very great ...
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Page 186 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Page 145 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 170 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Page 121 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 189 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 134 - Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Page 182 - What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 251 - And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 217 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 171 - Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.