The spirit of the Bible; or, The nature and value of the Jewish and Christian scriptures discriminated, in an analysis of their several booksE.T. Whitfield, 1853 - Bible |
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... holy place and holy nation . Clean and unclean food , & c . 211 214 PART II . - THE HISTORICAL BOOKS . JOSHUA AND JUDGES , WITH RUTH Wars of the Jews , and conquest and division of Canaan . Book of Jasher . 66 ' Sun , stand still ...
... holy place and holy nation . Clean and unclean food , & c . 211 214 PART II . - THE HISTORICAL BOOKS . JOSHUA AND JUDGES , WITH RUTH Wars of the Jews , and conquest and division of Canaan . Book of Jasher . 66 ' Sun , stand still ...
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... Holy Bible , or Sacred Book ; in other words , the Book of Religion . But , though now forming one volume , the contents of the Bible are in reality ( as will be shewn more fully hereafter ) many distinct writings , of very different ...
... Holy Bible , or Sacred Book ; in other words , the Book of Religion . But , though now forming one volume , the contents of the Bible are in reality ( as will be shewn more fully hereafter ) many distinct writings , of very different ...
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Edward Higginson. important writings . They are more fully described as the Holy Scriptures , or the Sacred Writings ; the Writings , that is , which have especially to do with Religion . These holy writings , then , are , properly ...
Edward Higginson. important writings . They are more fully described as the Holy Scriptures , or the Sacred Writings ; the Writings , that is , which have especially to do with Religion . These holy writings , then , are , properly ...
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... holy Temple of Mount Zion , with its solemn , splendid rites , so attractive to half- enlightened minds , -was the one object which drew towards itself the strongest national , kindred and personal regard ; and it held therefore a ...
... holy Temple of Mount Zion , with its solemn , splendid rites , so attractive to half- enlightened minds , -was the one object which drew towards itself the strongest national , kindred and personal regard ; and it held therefore a ...
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... holy place was the nation's pride , and its ser- vices were the nursery of the national genius for poetry , as they were for music too , giving to the one the immortality which could not be secured to the passing sounds of the other ...
... holy place was the nation's pride , and its ser- vices were the nursery of the national genius for poetry , as they were for music too , giving to the one the immortality which could not be secured to the passing sounds of the other ...
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Page 189 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Page 471 - I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Page 193 - Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not. Honour thy father and mother.
Page 491 - Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
Page 473 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt ; but, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them ; and they shall dwell in their own land.
Page 322 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Page 32 - Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word...
Page 505 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Page 486 - Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east : and, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters : and the earth shined with his glory.
Page 405 - And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.