General View of the Geology of Scripture: In which the Unerring Truth of the Inspired Narrative of the Early Events in the World is Exhibited, and Distinctly Proved |
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... play of fancy , its consideration , under a false view , gives rise to ; and who would , consequently , be unwil- ling to yield so pleasing a source of argument and hypothesis , to the the plain and simple course PREFACE . xiii.
... play of fancy , its consideration , under a false view , gives rise to ; and who would , consequently , be unwil- ling to yield so pleasing a source of argument and hypothesis , to the the plain and simple course PREFACE . xiii.
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... consequently of fluidity on our globe , and , probably , in the other members of the solar system , than the sun ; as we know that there are parts of our planet around the poles where no water can exist in a fluid state , for the ...
... consequently of fluidity on our globe , and , probably , in the other members of the solar system , than the sun ; as we know that there are parts of our planet around the poles where no water can exist in a fluid state , for the ...
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... consequently , led them- selves , and their followers , into an inextricable maze on the subject of primitive formations . It is , indeed , a melancholy proof , if any such were wanting , of the natural turpitude of the human mind ...
... consequently , led them- selves , and their followers , into an inextricable maze on the subject of primitive formations . It is , indeed , a melancholy proof , if any such were wanting , of the natural turpitude of the human mind ...
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... consequently , that while there may be depths in the ocean extending to four or five miles , by far the * We find it a general rule , probably without any mate- rial exception , that where a country is low , and the shore flat , the ...
... consequently , that while there may be depths in the ocean extending to four or five miles , by far the * We find it a general rule , probably without any mate- rial exception , that where a country is low , and the shore flat , the ...
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... consequently never hear of burnings in the tremendous eruptions of Quito , but only of overflowings of slimy mud . During the great earthquake of the 4th of February , 1797 , 40,000 human beings were destroyed by the water and mud that ...
... consequently never hear of burnings in the tremendous eruptions of Quito , but only of overflowings of slimy mud . During the great earthquake of the 4th of February , 1797 , 40,000 human beings were destroyed by the water and mud that ...
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Page 136 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 138 - Saviour, 3 knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 'and saying, 'Where is the promise of his coming?' For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Page 155 - The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Page 149 - And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Page 155 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 247 - While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
Page 428 - The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Page 62 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters, which were under the firmament from the waters, which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 256 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Page 148 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons