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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... land itself is the peculiar dwelling - place of Him who is Most High over all the earth . He is their King and Lawgiver , as well as their God . A religious reference pervades all the patriotic productions of their muse . In descriptive ...
... land itself is the peculiar dwelling - place of Him who is Most High over all the earth . He is their King and Lawgiver , as well as their God . A religious reference pervades all the patriotic productions of their muse . In descriptive ...
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... land , and better obedience to the religious rites , of their fathers . Thus , then , with one trifling exception , the whole of the ancient Hebrew poetry partakes of a religious character . is applied exclusively to devotional and ...
... land , and better obedience to the religious rites , of their fathers . Thus , then , with one trifling exception , the whole of the ancient Hebrew poetry partakes of a religious character . is applied exclusively to devotional and ...
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... animals tenanted it at a period preceding that in which it became fit for the support of land animals . But , because these and other deductions from the actual facts now visible RELATION OF THE SCRIPTURES TO NATURAL SCIENCE . 61.
... animals tenanted it at a period preceding that in which it became fit for the support of land animals . But , because these and other deductions from the actual facts now visible RELATION OF THE SCRIPTURES TO NATURAL SCIENCE . 61.
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... land , " must plainly have been the addition of a transcriber or editor after the time when the Canaanites were expelled . There is a similar addition in Gen. xiii . 7. So the more modern name of a place is sometimes inserted after ...
... land , " must plainly have been the addition of a transcriber or editor after the time when the Canaanites were expelled . There is a similar addition in Gen. xiii . 7. So the more modern name of a place is sometimes inserted after ...
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... land appears , and the earth brings forth grass , herbs and trees ( i . 7-12 ) . But in the latter account ( ii . 4-6 ) , the earth appears to have been in a dry state at first , till a mist ( or , as some trans- late , " a flood ...
... land appears , and the earth brings forth grass , herbs and trees ( i . 7-12 ) . But in the latter account ( ii . 4-6 ) , the earth appears to have been in a dry state at first , till a mist ( or , as some trans- late , " a flood ...
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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 429 - Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 274 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 275 - I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth ; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Page 156 - 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 354 - Trust in the Lord and do good ; So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 347 - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page 307 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept ; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a •word unto him : for they saw that his grief was very great.
Page 436 - But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth, and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
Page 474 - In those days they shall say no more, "The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge." But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.