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... moral , but in his natural capacity ? For whether they received the doctrine from original tradition , or whether they invented it at hazard , which is more likely , § in order to exalt this their visible god , by giving him the post of ...
... moral , but in his natural capacity ? For whether they received the doctrine from original tradition , or whether they invented it at hazard , which is more likely , § in order to exalt this their visible god , by giving him the post of ...
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... moral sentence , All you who come into the world , and go out of it , know this , that the gods hate impudence . The excellent Stillingfleet , who was in the common opinion that the Egyptians invented hierogly- phics to secret their ...
... moral sentence , All you who come into the world , and go out of it , know this , that the gods hate impudence . The excellent Stillingfleet , who was in the common opinion that the Egyptians invented hierogly- phics to secret their ...
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... moral modes ; thus the hawk signified sublimity , humility , victory , excellence , & c . On the contrary , and for the same reason , one thing was represented by many and various hieroglyphics ; sometimes for an addition , out of ...
... moral modes ; thus the hawk signified sublimity , humility , victory , excellence , & c . On the contrary , and for the same reason , one thing was represented by many and various hieroglyphics ; sometimes for an addition , out of ...
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... moral of the fable lies too open to need an interpreter : it can hardly , indeed , be any other than that we have here given . But Diodorus aids us in the discovery of that secret , which he himself appears not to have penetrated ...
... moral of the fable lies too open to need an interpreter : it can hardly , indeed , be any other than that we have here given . But Diodorus aids us in the discovery of that secret , which he himself appears not to have penetrated ...
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... moral government of the world , never does that in an extraordinary way , which can be equally well effected in an ordinary . In the separation of the Israelites , a civil policy and a national reli- gion were to be established , and ...
... moral government of the world , never does that in an extraordinary way , which can be equally well effected in an ordinary . In the separation of the Israelites , a civil policy and a national reli- gion were to be established , and ...
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Abraham allegory amongst ancient antiquity apostle appears argument book of Job Canaan Chap character Christ Christian civil command common concerning conclude consequence deist dispensation Divine Legation doctrine Egypt Egyptian Egyptian hieroglyphics extraordinary providence faith fathers future give given God's gods gospel Greek hath Hebrew Herodotus hieroglyphics holy human human sacrifices idolatry interpretation invention Isaac Israel Israelites Jesus Jewish Jews Judea king land law of Moses lawgiver learned Lord mankind manner meaning miracles moral Mosaic Moses mystery nations natural religion observe occasion Old Testament Osiris pagan pretended principles promise prophecy prophet prove reader reason revelation rewards and punishments rites sacred sacrifice says sceptre scripture sense Sesostris signify speaking spirit St Paul superstition suppose tells Testament thee theocracy things thou tion true truth unto wisdom words worship writer δὲ ἐν καὶ μὲν τὰ τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τοῦ τῶν
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Page 59 - I shall see him, but not n'ow; I shall behold him, but not nigh; There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 666 - WHEN the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place: and suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them: and they were all filled with the HOLY GHOST; and began to speak with other tongues, as the SPIRIT gave them utterance.
Page 412 - The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan ; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee : is not this a brand plucked out of the fire 1 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
Page 645 - For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Page 498 - Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand...
Page 427 - Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Page 638 - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Page 518 - In those days they shall say no more, "The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge." But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Page 444 - But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him; and his righteousness unto children's children ; to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Page 309 - And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.