The History of the Jews: Three Volumes. Vol. I.[III.].John Murray, Albemarle Street., 1829 - Jews |
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... sacred writings , exhibits a more exalted notion of the Divinity , than that in which Abraham is permitted to ex- postulate on the apparent injustice of involving the innocent in the ruin of the guilty . " Shall the city perish , if ...
... sacred writings , exhibits a more exalted notion of the Divinity , than that in which Abraham is permitted to ex- postulate on the apparent injustice of involving the innocent in the ruin of the guilty . " Shall the city perish , if ...
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... sacred laws of hospitality and nature , which Lot in his horror attempted to avert by the most revolting expedient - confirmed the justice of the divine sentence . The valley of the Jordan , in which the cities of Sodom , Gomorrah ...
... sacred laws of hospitality and nature , which Lot in his horror attempted to avert by the most revolting expedient - confirmed the justice of the divine sentence . The valley of the Jordan , in which the cities of Sodom , Gomorrah ...
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... sacred writer , by the sword , retain as it were the stamp of the parental character , and seem less adapted to the severe discipline of the Mosaic in- stitutions , or to become a nation of peaceful hus- bandmen . The precarious life of ...
... sacred writer , by the sword , retain as it were the stamp of the parental character , and seem less adapted to the severe discipline of the Mosaic in- stitutions , or to become a nation of peaceful hus- bandmen . The precarious life of ...
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... sacred beings , scarcely allied to human nature . Their intercourse with the Divinity invests them with a mysterious sanctity , which is expected to extend to all their actions . Hence when they find D 2 CHARACTERS OF THE PATRIARCHS . 35.
... sacred beings , scarcely allied to human nature . Their intercourse with the Divinity invests them with a mysterious sanctity , which is expected to extend to all their actions . Hence when they find D 2 CHARACTERS OF THE PATRIARCHS . 35.
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... agony of the old man cannot be described with such pathetic sim- plicity as in the language of the Sacred Volume , - He refused to be comforted , and he said I will go down into the grave with my son mourning . 42 HISTORY OF THE JEWS .
... agony of the old man cannot be described with such pathetic sim- plicity as in the language of the Sacred Volume , - He refused to be comforted , and he said I will go down into the grave with my son mourning . 42 HISTORY OF THE JEWS .
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Page 259 - Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Page 29 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept.
Page 99 - Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 259 - ... it came even to pass as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord ; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever...
Page 99 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 260 - But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee ; how much less this house which I have built...
Page 250 - And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Page 235 - Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about : for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. He shall build a house for my name...
Page 197 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window and cried through the lattice Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Page 51 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.