The Use of Sacred History: Especially as Illustrating and Confirming the Great Doctrines of Revelation. To which are Prefixed Two Dissertations; the First, on the Authrnticity of the History Contained in the Pentateuch, and in Joshua, the Second, Proving that the Books Ascribed to Moses Were Actually Written by Him and by Divine Inspiration, Volume 1A. Nell, 1802 - Bible |
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... supposed , that the Ifraelites had ftill a hankering after the abominations of Egypt , and that they would moft readily be entangled in their own ancient fnare . He repeats the very words afcribed to Aaron , af- ter he had fashioned the ...
... supposed , that the Ifraelites had ftill a hankering after the abominations of Egypt , and that they would moft readily be entangled in their own ancient fnare . He repeats the very words afcribed to Aaron , af- ter he had fashioned the ...
Page 19
... supposed to have had on the Ifraelites , it appears from their history , that they have been by no means prone to credit the claims made by any individuals among them to divine revelation ; if the matter of this pretended revelation was ...
... supposed to have had on the Ifraelites , it appears from their history , that they have been by no means prone to credit the claims made by any individuals among them to divine revelation ; if the matter of this pretended revelation was ...
Page 46
... supposed that the Levites , who wished to participate in the priest- hood , would not make any fuch objection , was there the fame reason for the filence of the fons of Reuben , who were leaders in this rebellion ? As they might reckon ...
... supposed that the Levites , who wished to participate in the priest- hood , would not make any fuch objection , was there the fame reason for the filence of the fons of Reuben , who were leaders in this rebellion ? As they might reckon ...
Page 93
... supposed to have in- fpired , although the fovereign of a great people , he is defcribed as fneaking away from them , like one under the impulse of terror , by affigning a falfe reafon for his embarkation . Nay , the hea- then writer ...
... supposed to have in- fpired , although the fovereign of a great people , he is defcribed as fneaking away from them , like one under the impulse of terror , by affigning a falfe reafon for his embarkation . Nay , the hea- then writer ...
Page 102
... supposed that fome peculiar virtue is here afcri- bed to the wind ? Would this make the fyftem more rational ? Can the wind animate dead clay ? Is it not far more natural to afcribe the creation of man to God , than to the action of the ...
... supposed that fome peculiar virtue is here afcri- bed to the wind ? Would this make the fyftem more rational ? Can the wind animate dead clay ? Is it not far more natural to afcribe the creation of man to God , than to the action of the ...
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Page 431 - And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Page 76 - 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 444 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Page 302 - Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
Page 344 - Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
Page 431 - And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain ; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Page 270 - And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Page 435 - For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: And the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: And the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
Page 28 - The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Page 454 - Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together : for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.