The Old and New Testaments Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations: From the Declensions of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah to the Time of Christ, Volume 3Middlesex Bookstore, 1816 - Bible |
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... thought it prop- erest , to fix the conclusion of this work . But to avoid encroaching too far upon the Christian ecclesiastical historian , I have from the time of Christ's birth treated but in a very brief manner of what afterwards ...
... thought it prop- erest , to fix the conclusion of this work . But to avoid encroaching too far upon the Christian ecclesiastical historian , I have from the time of Christ's birth treated but in a very brief manner of what afterwards ...
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... thought , thoroughly settled his affairs in Greece and Macedon , made great preparations to recover his father's empire in Asia ; for which purpose he got together an army of one hundred thousand men , and a fleet of five hundred sail ...
... thought , thoroughly settled his affairs in Greece and Macedon , made great preparations to recover his father's empire in Asia ; for which purpose he got together an army of one hundred thousand men , and a fleet of five hundred sail ...
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... thought would follow that declen- sion of his fortune . However , this did not hinder Ptolemy from marrying his daughter to him , and of this marriage was born Demetrius , who afterward reigned in Cyrene . From Miletus , Demetrius ...
... thought would follow that declen- sion of his fortune . However , this did not hinder Ptolemy from marrying his daughter to him , and of this marriage was born Demetrius , who afterward reigned in Cyrene . From Miletus , Demetrius ...
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... thought no more of it , the vision appeared to him again in a more terrible manner , and threatened de- struction to him and his kingdom , if his commands were not obeyed ; with which Ptolemy being much terrified , immediately sent away ...
... thought no more of it , the vision appeared to him again in a more terrible manner , and threatened de- struction to him and his kingdom , if his commands were not obeyed ; with which Ptolemy being much terrified , immediately sent away ...
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... thought it an honour to be in the same office , as to the king's library . That , therefore , which we may suppose in this case , and which I think was the truth of the matter , is , that Demetrius being a great scholar , as well as a ...
... thought it an honour to be in the same office , as to the king's library . That , therefore , which we may suppose in this case , and which I think was the truth of the matter , is , that Demetrius being a great scholar , as well as a ...
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Page 24 - And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 9 - The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches ; and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.
Page 483 - Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
Page 151 - The tract of which they thus became possessed was subsequently allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
Page 354 - In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.
Page 354 - In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts ; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
Page 477 - Man was not made for the sabbath, but the sabbath for man'; He had pointed to the fulfilment of the law in the Gospel.
Page 312 - ... so that by their mediation a peace has been concluded on very reasonable terms; nor is there any nation about them so fierce, cruel, or barbarous as not to look upon their persons as sacred and inviolable. The first and the last day of the month, and of the year, is a festival. They measure their months by the course of the moon, and their years by the course of the sun. The first days are called in their language the Cynemernes, and the last the Trapemernes ; which answers in our language to...
Page 71 - In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus...
Page 105 - God to create the world ; whereas the followers of Epicurus denied it. It is said, also, that they rejected the Bible, except the Pentateuch ; denied predestination ; and taught, that God had made man absolute -master of all his actions, without assistance to good, or restraint from evil.