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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... whole of the year , from the absence of that sun's influence , nor , indeed , ever could have existed since the solar system was arranged ; and as we know that without that solar influence no fluidity could exist on any part of the ...
... whole of the year , from the absence of that sun's influence , nor , indeed , ever could have existed since the solar system was arranged ; and as we know that without that solar influence no fluidity could exist on any part of the ...
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... whole mass of secon- dary formations over the surface of the primi- tive globe , we shall at once perceive that such violent transporting powers , acting for a million of years , must have produced a mass of secon- dary formations ...
... whole mass of secon- dary formations over the surface of the primi- tive globe , we shall at once perceive that such violent transporting powers , acting for a million of years , must have produced a mass of secon- dary formations ...
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... whole Globe has been framed , is applied to them . The entire diameter of the earth is computed at about 8,000 miles . Now , the loftiest peak upon the earth's surface , † * " In the midst of such scenes , the Geologist feels his " mind ...
... whole Globe has been framed , is applied to them . The entire diameter of the earth is computed at about 8,000 miles . Now , the loftiest peak upon the earth's surface , † * " In the midst of such scenes , the Geologist feels his " mind ...
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... whole of that island , though the mountains reach an elevation of nearly 6000 feet above the sea . One eruption of Ætna covered a space of fifty leagues in circumference , and one hun- dred and twenty feet in thickness , with cal ...
... whole of that island , though the mountains reach an elevation of nearly 6000 feet above the sea . One eruption of Ætna covered a space of fifty leagues in circumference , and one hun- dred and twenty feet in thickness , with cal ...
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... whole , let us now proceed to an attentive and unpreju- diced consideration of it , from the earliest times of which we have any record , and examine whether that record is contradicted , or corrobo- rated by the appearances we may ...
... whole , let us now proceed to an attentive and unpreju- diced consideration of it , from the earliest times of which we have any record , and examine whether that record is contradicted , or corrobo- rated by the appearances we may ...
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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