Elements of Christian Theology:: Containing Proofs of the Authenticity and Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures; a Summary of the History of the Jews; a Brief Statement of the Contents of the Several Books of the Old and New Testaments; a Short Account of the English Translations of the Bible and of the Liturgy of the Church of England; a Scriptural Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, Volume 1Luke Hansard & Sons, 1815 - Apologetics |
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... Greek , and Roman authors ; and it is no small satisfaction to the friends of revealed religion , that this argument has lately received great additional strength from the discovery of an almost universal corresponding tradition ...
... Greek , and Roman authors ; and it is no small satisfaction to the friends of revealed religion , that this argument has lately received great additional strength from the discovery of an almost universal corresponding tradition ...
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... Greeks in their systems of geography . Moses has traced , in one short chapter ( h ) , all the inhabitants of the earth , from the Caspian and Persian seas to the extreme Gades , to their original , and recorded at once the period and ...
... Greeks in their systems of geography . Moses has traced , in one short chapter ( h ) , all the inhabitants of the earth , from the Caspian and Persian seas to the extreme Gades , to their original , and recorded at once the period and ...
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... Greek authors , whose works have come down to the present time . The age of Hesiod and Homer , the two oldest Greek writers , is not precisely known ; but Blair , and most other chronologers , place them about go0 years before Christ ...
... Greek authors , whose works have come down to the present time . The age of Hesiod and Homer , the two oldest Greek writers , is not precisely known ; but Blair , and most other chronologers , place them about go0 years before Christ ...
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... Greek language changed but little through a period of more than 1600 years . It will not be imagined that I consider the style of Homer , Herodotus , Longinus , and Eustathius , as exactly , or even nearly , the same ; I only contend ...
... Greek language changed but little through a period of more than 1600 years . It will not be imagined that I consider the style of Homer , Herodotus , Longinus , and Eustathius , as exactly , or even nearly , the same ; I only contend ...
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... Greek word signifying generation or production , comprehends a period of about 2369 years . It begins with the history of the Creation of the World in six days , and con- tains also an account of the disobedience and punishment of Adam ...
... Greek word signifying generation or production , comprehends a period of about 2369 years . It begins with the history of the Creation of the World in six days , and con- tains also an account of the disobedience and punishment of Adam ...
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Page 520 - They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Page 363 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 71 - 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 373 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 143 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Page 180 - And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Page 180 - And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.
Page 136 - Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou...
Page 523 - Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place." And they gave forth their lots ; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Page 436 - The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus ; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain : But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.