Sketches of Hebrew and Egyptian antiquity, intended as an introduction to the Pentateuch |
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... SKETCH V. The Learning of Mofes , and whence derived . SKETCH VI . Whether Heathen Philofophers borrowed from Mofes.- -The opinion of Sir John Marfham refuted . 58 79 97 SKETCH CONTENT S. со SKETCH VII . Why Mofes did not.
... SKETCH V. The Learning of Mofes , and whence derived . SKETCH VI . Whether Heathen Philofophers borrowed from Mofes.- -The opinion of Sir John Marfham refuted . 58 79 97 SKETCH CONTENT S. со SKETCH VII . Why Mofes did not.
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... opinions refpecting Zoroafter ; in treating on which fubjects is introduced an Antidote to the pernicious principles inculcated in a late work intitled - the RUINS , or a furvey of the revo- lutions of empires - by Volney . 138 202 210 ...
... opinions refpecting Zoroafter ; in treating on which fubjects is introduced an Antidote to the pernicious principles inculcated in a late work intitled - the RUINS , or a furvey of the revo- lutions of empires - by Volney . 138 202 210 ...
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... opinion with Cicero , that war is to be undertaken in order to procure peace , the laws of peace are moral and religious virtues : in thefe Lycurgus was deficient ; nay , he encouraged deceit , theft , and incontinency his restrictive ...
... opinion with Cicero , that war is to be undertaken in order to procure peace , the laws of peace are moral and religious virtues : in thefe Lycurgus was deficient ; nay , he encouraged deceit , theft , and incontinency his restrictive ...
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... opinion that Mofes was the inventor of letters . 4 Sir Ifaac Newton fays , " When the Edomites fled from David , with their young king Ha- dad , into Egypt , it is probable that they carried thither alfo the use of letters : for letters ...
... opinion that Mofes was the inventor of letters . 4 Sir Ifaac Newton fays , " When the Edomites fled from David , with their young king Ha- dad , into Egypt , it is probable that they carried thither alfo the use of letters : for letters ...
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... opinion . of most learned men , fays the author of the Connections , on good grounds : " For there are many old Jewifh fhekels ftill in being , and others of the fame fort are frequently dug up in Judæa , with this infcription , in Sama ...
... opinion . of most learned men , fays the author of the Connections , on good grounds : " For there are many old Jewifh fhekels ftill in being , and others of the fame fort are frequently dug up in Judæa , with this infcription , in Sama ...
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Page 177 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 119 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things...
Page 173 - ... 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth. 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 40 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, "Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Page 167 - 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 15 - And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Page 171 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years...
Page 172 - God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and for years : and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so.
Page 61 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Page 119 - ... he giveth to all life and breath and all things ; and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...