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Page 99
... according to the law of gravitation , a stone will fall to the earth , and iron will
sink in water ; yet by the miraculous interference of the Supreme Being , this law
is suspended on a particular occasion , and iron is found to swim ( 2 Kings vi . 6 )
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... according to the law of gravitation , a stone will fall to the earth , and iron will
sink in water ; yet by the miraculous interference of the Supreme Being , this law
is suspended on a particular occasion , and iron is found to swim ( 2 Kings vi . 6 )
.
Page 139
... pens of learned men , who upon that occasion gave too great testimony ' with
how great weaknesses men that have a bias do determine ' questions , and with
how great a force a king that is rich and powerful can make his own decisions .
... pens of learned men , who upon that occasion gave too great testimony ' with
how great weaknesses men that have a bias do determine ' questions , and with
how great a force a king that is rich and powerful can make his own decisions .
Page 182
was of almost equal importance to a warlike age , he was a most valiant king . His
wisdom prevented him from making violent inroads on the popular liberties ,
although that he was quite willing to do so , his contest with the earls of Norfolk
and ...
was of almost equal importance to a warlike age , he was a most valiant king . His
wisdom prevented him from making violent inroads on the popular liberties ,
although that he was quite willing to do so , his contest with the earls of Norfolk
and ...
Page 219
The press ' was , therefore , wholly under the coercion of the crown , and ' all
printing , not only of public books containing ordinances ' religious or civil , but
every species of publication whatever , was regulated by the king ' s
proclamations ...
The press ' was , therefore , wholly under the coercion of the crown , and ' all
printing , not only of public books containing ordinances ' religious or civil , but
every species of publication whatever , was regulated by the king ' s
proclamations ...
Page 224
Lord Mansfield pours contempt on the royal prerogative , and places the king on
the same ground with any author or proprietor . " The Hebrew Bible , Greek Testa
• ment , and Septuagint , says his lordship , do not belong to ' the king ; but the ...
Lord Mansfield pours contempt on the royal prerogative , and places the king on
the same ground with any author or proprietor . " The Hebrew Bible , Greek Testa
• ment , and Septuagint , says his lordship , do not belong to ' the king ; but the ...
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Page 129 - Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
Page 438 - For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
Page 331 - And one of them named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, nor consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
Page 124 - Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 126 - Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Page 510 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia; for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Page 438 - Verily I say unto you, there be some standing here who shall not taste of death till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Page 124 - And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh : she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Page 546 - And, pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny ; 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to Heaven, is all I dare now call my own.
Page 444 - But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign ; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.