Lectures on Jewish Antiquities: Delivered at Harvard University in Cambridge, A.D. 1802 & 1803W. Hilliard and E. Lincoln, 1807 - 364 pages |
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... sacred history before and after the flood . Crime of Ham , for which he was cursed . Why this curse was denounced , not on Ham himself , but on his son Canaan . In what respects this curse was fulfilled . LECTURE II . Patriarchal ...
... sacred history before and after the flood . Crime of Ham , for which he was cursed . Why this curse was denounced , not on Ham himself , but on his son Canaan . In what respects this curse was fulfilled . LECTURE II . Patriarchal ...
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... sacred volume , and will greatly confirm your belief of its heavenly origi- nal . Agreeably , it will be my aim frequently to apply the subject of our disquisitions to the elucidation and . defence of Scripture . If for this purpose we ...
... sacred volume , and will greatly confirm your belief of its heavenly origi- nal . Agreeably , it will be my aim frequently to apply the subject of our disquisitions to the elucidation and . defence of Scripture . If for this purpose we ...
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... sacred history . Besides , this history informs us that God often passed by the first born , and advanced younger sons to special dignity , privilege , and power . Dismissing therefore this plan of hereditary unquali- fied sovereignty ...
... sacred history . Besides , this history informs us that God often passed by the first born , and advanced younger sons to special dignity , privilege , and power . Dismissing therefore this plan of hereditary unquali- fied sovereignty ...
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... sacred history suggests . First , what was the crime of Ham , for which his fa- ther cursed him ? The answer is , having witnessed the infirmity and nakedness of a venerable parent , instead of concealing them beneath the veil of filial ...
... sacred history suggests . First , what was the crime of Ham , for which his fa- ther cursed him ? The answer is , having witnessed the infirmity and nakedness of a venerable parent , instead of concealing them beneath the veil of filial ...
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... sacred rites and mysteries of their worship extinguished in their vota- ries every principle of moral rectitude , and nourished ev- ery evil propensity ; they not only licensed but even consecrated the most shocking scenes both of ...
... sacred rites and mysteries of their worship extinguished in their vota- ries every principle of moral rectitude , and nourished ev- ery evil propensity ; they not only licensed but even consecrated the most shocking scenes both of ...
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Page 82 - And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites : and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them...
Page 292 - And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul...
Page 181 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 21 - The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 15 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 304 - And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: And I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 305 - BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 252 - BLOW ye the trumpet, blow ! The gladly solemn sound, Let all the nations know, To earth's remotest bound, The year of jubilee is come : Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.
Page 293 - Wash you, make you clean ; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; Cease to do evil; learn to do well; Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Page 133 - And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.