The influence of the Hebrew and Christian revelations on ancient heathen writers: an essay which obtained the Hulsean prize, 1849 |
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... DIVINITY , AND FORMERLY FELLOW AND TUTOR OF ST . CATHARINE'S HALL , CAMBRIDGE , THIS ESSAY IS DEDICATED WITH SENTIMENTS OF GRATITUDE AND RESPECTFUL ESTEEM BY THE AUTHOR . CLAUSES directed by the FOUNDER to be always prefixed to.
... DIVINITY , AND FORMERLY FELLOW AND TUTOR OF ST . CATHARINE'S HALL , CAMBRIDGE , THIS ESSAY IS DEDICATED WITH SENTIMENTS OF GRATITUDE AND RESPECTFUL ESTEEM BY THE AUTHOR . CLAUSES directed by the FOUNDER to be always prefixed to.
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... sentiments of the age had been inconsiderable , they might have been passed by without much notice in the enquiry now before us . But they may be said to have obtained almost absolute domi- nion in that country into whose hands our ...
... sentiments of the age had been inconsiderable , they might have been passed by without much notice in the enquiry now before us . But they may be said to have obtained almost absolute domi- nion in that country into whose hands our ...
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... sentiments and practices of the two nations , were equally diverse ; one adoring an invisible and eternal Spirit at whose Al- mighty word the universe started into exis- tence , and the morning - stars sang together and the sons of God ...
... sentiments and practices of the two nations , were equally diverse ; one adoring an invisible and eternal Spirit at whose Al- mighty word the universe started into exis- tence , and the morning - stars sang together and the sons of God ...
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... sentiments , that though they con- tain the worst forms of Egyptian idolatry , early Christians have been deceived by them . It is manifest that the heathen of early with the Egyptians ; it was the duration of their dynasty of gods ...
... sentiments , that though they con- tain the worst forms of Egyptian idolatry , early Christians have been deceived by them . It is manifest that the heathen of early with the Egyptians ; it was the duration of their dynasty of gods ...
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... sentiments derived neither from Egyp- tian nor from Grecian philosophy , but con- veyed almost in the language of Hebrew and Christian revelation . Porphyry , who lived more than a century Porphyry adopts the later , when Heathenism had ...
... sentiments derived neither from Egyp- tian nor from Grecian philosophy , but con- veyed almost in the language of Hebrew and Christian revelation . Porphyry , who lived more than a century Porphyry adopts the later , when Heathenism had ...
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Page 12 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Page 18 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 18 - O SING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 166 - As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Page 171 - He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken...
Page 163 - Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Page 249 - Annotations on the Acts of the Apostles. Original and selected. Designed principally for the use of Candidates for the Ordinary BA Degree, Students for Holy Orders, &c., with College and Senate-House Examination Papers. By the Rev. TR MASKEW, MA Second Edition, enlarged. 12mo. 5».
Page 12 - Keep therefore and do them ; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 151 - But where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 89 - Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.