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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Page 66
... position of the earth's axis , from which position the sun's rays not falling so vertically , as in tropical regions , pass through the atmosphere in a slanting direction , and , consequently , through a longer extent of air , and with ...
... position of the earth's axis , from which position the sun's rays not falling so vertically , as in tropical regions , pass through the atmosphere in a slanting direction , and , consequently , through a longer extent of air , and with ...
Page 83
... position of the primitive creations . 66 " The primitive rocks of Werner are the fol- lowing , amounting to fourteen : granite , gneiss , " micaceous schistus or mica slate , argillaceous " schistus or clay slate , primitive limestone ...
... position of the primitive creations . 66 " The primitive rocks of Werner are the fol- lowing , amounting to fourteen : granite , gneiss , " micaceous schistus or mica slate , argillaceous " schistus or clay slate , primitive limestone ...
Page 95
... position of the moon . That the moon is the principal cause of the tides is obvious , from the well known fact , " that it is high water at any given place about the time " when she is in the meridian of that place ; and that the " sun ...
... position of the moon . That the moon is the principal cause of the tides is obvious , from the well known fact , " that it is high water at any given place about the time " when she is in the meridian of that place ; and that the " sun ...
Page 109
... position in which these fluids themselves are retained by attraction , we should expect to find these deposits in this particular position ; unless the irregular form of that part of the primitive earth on which they happened to be laid ...
... position in which these fluids themselves are retained by attraction , we should expect to find these deposits in this particular position ; unless the irregular form of that part of the primitive earth on which they happened to be laid ...
Page 114
... before they were covered up . The fractured and disordered position of fossils in general , also tend to the same opinion . * See page 78 , note . covered up , or preserved : for no sooner does 114 [ CHAP , 5 . Calcareous Formations .
... before they were covered up . The fractured and disordered position of fossils in general , also tend to the same opinion . * See page 78 , note . covered up , or preserved : for no sooner does 114 [ CHAP , 5 . Calcareous Formations .
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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