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... Mosaic code the greater part of the light , which we this day enjoy . Especially are we indebted to this code for a precious truth , which reason , left to itself , has never yet discovered ; I mean the doctrine of the unity of God . By ...
... Mosaic code the greater part of the light , which we this day enjoy . Especially are we indebted to this code for a precious truth , which reason , left to itself , has never yet discovered ; I mean the doctrine of the unity of God . By ...
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... Mosaic in- stitutions , and have wished that they might be extended much further . From the beginning to the end , they exhibit marks of ex- tensive , patient study , and of profound , discriminating thought . They are , I think , sound ...
... Mosaic in- stitutions , and have wished that they might be extended much further . From the beginning to the end , they exhibit marks of ex- tensive , patient study , and of profound , discriminating thought . They are , I think , sound ...
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... Mosaic Laws were binding upon other Nations than the Hebrews considered . 17 101 CHAPTER II . Moses as a Man and a Lawgiver . 125 CHAPTER III . Uncertainty of early Profane History 140 · CHAPTER IV . Credibility of Moses as an Historian ...
... Mosaic Laws were binding upon other Nations than the Hebrews considered . 17 101 CHAPTER II . Moses as a Man and a Lawgiver . 125 CHAPTER III . Uncertainty of early Profane History 140 · CHAPTER IV . Credibility of Moses as an Historian ...
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... Mosaic legislation is marked by a like brevity . It consists of a " series of laconic regulations , directly opposite in form to the endless iterations and syno- * Spring's " Obl . of the World to the Bible , " Lect . 3 . † Montes ...
... Mosaic legislation is marked by a like brevity . It consists of a " series of laconic regulations , directly opposite in form to the endless iterations and syno- * Spring's " Obl . of the World to the Bible , " Lect . 3 . † Montes ...
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... Mosaic Laws were binding upon other Nations than the Hebrews con- sidered . THE present and the future , justly perhaps , challenge our chief attention ; yet the past is not without a claim upon it . As wisdom will not die with us , so ...
... Mosaic Laws were binding upon other Nations than the Hebrews con- sidered . THE present and the future , justly perhaps , challenge our chief attention ; yet the past is not without a claim upon it . As wisdom will not die with us , so ...
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Page 419 - In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs...
Page 453 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 54 - Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 294 - When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Page 289 - But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Page 295 - The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Page 55 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 251 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 607 - But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Page 521 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thine hand upon him...