Lectures on the Four Last Books of the Pentateuch: Designed to Show the Divine Origin of the Jewish Religion, Chiefly from Internal Evidence |
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Page vii
... passages , as seemed obscure or objectionable ; and pass with less distinct notice the clear and direct arguments and proofs , which were to be derived from those parts of the sacred history which scepticism itself could scarcely ...
... passages , as seemed obscure or objectionable ; and pass with less distinct notice the clear and direct arguments and proofs , which were to be derived from those parts of the sacred history which scepticism itself could scarcely ...
Page xi
... passage of the Red Sea ; from the tragic poet Ezekiel , to the same facts ; and Demetrius , to the same , in an abstract evidently taken from the sacred writings as unquestioned and certain records . I omit the testimonies to later ...
... passage of the Red Sea ; from the tragic poet Ezekiel , to the same facts ; and Demetrius , to the same , in an abstract evidently taken from the sacred writings as unquestioned and certain records . I omit the testimonies to later ...
Page xiv
... passage from the first " word to the last never flowed or will flow from any human pen - ' In the beginning " God created the earth , and the earth was void and waste , and darkness was upon the " face of the deep , and the spirit of ...
... passage from the first " word to the last never flowed or will flow from any human pen - ' In the beginning " God created the earth , and the earth was void and waste , and darkness was upon the " face of the deep , and the spirit of ...
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... passage of Josephus - True import of this passage - Sup- plies no evidence against the miracle - It is represented by Moses , and was believed by the Jews to be clearly miraculous - Inference from thence - Improbability of the Jews ...
... passage of Josephus - True import of this passage - Sup- plies no evidence against the miracle - It is represented by Moses , and was believed by the Jews to be clearly miraculous - Inference from thence - Improbability of the Jews ...
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... passage read , seems to have been that part of Deuteronomy which contains the prophetic declarations of the Lawgiver against the future apostasies of his people , which were so awful and severe as to excite the utmost terror in the ...
... passage read , seems to have been that part of Deuteronomy which contains the prophetic declarations of the Lawgiver against the future apostasies of his people , which were so awful and severe as to excite the utmost terror in the ...
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Page 303 - And behold I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Page 91 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 339 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 302 - By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 424 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 137 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Page 325 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 404 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth...
Page 147 - If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods...
Page 302 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called...