An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time : with an Appendix, Giving a Condensed History of the Jews from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Day, Illustrated with Maps and Engravings |
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... formed with the wonderful power of re- production to the end of the world . On the fourth day , God created the heavenly bodies , and either concentrated the light into the sun or gave that body the power of originating its mo- tion ...
... formed with the wonderful power of re- production to the end of the world . On the fourth day , God created the heavenly bodies , and either concentrated the light into the sun or gave that body the power of originating its mo- tion ...
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... formed part of their worship . Out of idolatry early arose divination and necromancy . Many pretended to an intimacy with the deities ; to the power of working miracles and the knowledge of future events . These wonder - workers were ...
... formed part of their worship . Out of idolatry early arose divination and necromancy . Many pretended to an intimacy with the deities ; to the power of working miracles and the knowledge of future events . These wonder - workers were ...
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... formed the throne of God , while the ark was his footstool . By the side of the ark , in a golden vase , was kept some of the manna , Aa- ron's rod , and the books of Moses . 66 Here , " said God to Moses , from between these Cheru ...
... formed the throne of God , while the ark was his footstool . By the side of the ark , in a golden vase , was kept some of the manna , Aa- ron's rod , and the books of Moses . 66 Here , " said God to Moses , from between these Cheru ...
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... formation of the Septuagint version . * 66 The generation that came out of Egypt , was , as has been remarked , very froward and perverse . They had been cor- rupted by the idols of Egypt . God was angry with them and * Many are the ...
... formation of the Septuagint version . * 66 The generation that came out of Egypt , was , as has been remarked , very froward and perverse . They had been cor- rupted by the idols of Egypt . God was angry with them and * Many are the ...
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... formation . It was erected on mount Moriah , the place where Abraham offered up Isaac , and was seven years in building ; but every thing was prepared at a distance , so that the sound of the hammer was not heard upon it . It looked ...
... formation . It was erected on mount Moriah , the place where Abraham offered up Isaac , and was seven years in building ; but every thing was prepared at a distance , so that the sound of the hammer was not heard upon it . It looked ...
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Page 19 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 134 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel : for I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Page 34 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 70 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Page 37 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 15 - But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 31 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor : and they served other gods.
Page 72 - Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 107 - But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither : notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee : 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Page 70 - I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots : and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.