Early Bibles of AmericaGay & Bird, 1663 - 171 pages |
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... religion , he became interested in bettering the temporal and spiritual condition of the Ger- mans about him . He ... religious books for their use . As many of them were poor , he induced several Bible societies in Germany to donate ...
... religion , he became interested in bettering the temporal and spiritual condition of the Ger- mans about him . He ... religious books for their use . As many of them were poor , he induced several Bible societies in Germany to donate ...
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... religious books he should print among the poor Germans . This person did not possess the ability necessary for the undertaking , and no other person who was thought to have sufficient ability for the purpose was found to take his place ...
... religious books he should print among the poor Germans . This person did not possess the ability necessary for the undertaking , and no other person who was thought to have sufficient ability for the purpose was found to take his place ...
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... religious news- paper on August 20 , 1739 , and also began the publication of a religious quarterly , in German , in 1746. These publications had a large circu- lation among the German population . The newspaper was the first religious ...
... religious news- paper on August 20 , 1739 , and also began the publication of a religious quarterly , in German , in 1746. These publications had a large circu- lation among the German population . The newspaper was the first religious ...
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... religion . Dr. Haeberlin says , " In later years , when Franklin visited Europe , he per- sonally thanked Luther . " He ... religious opinions denounced his Bible even before it appeared . Booksellers tried to undersell him by offering ...
... religion . Dr. Haeberlin says , " In later years , when Franklin visited Europe , he per- sonally thanked Luther . " He ... religious opinions denounced his Bible even before it appeared . Booksellers tried to undersell him by offering ...
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... religion as well as an instance of the progress of arts in this country ; and being satisfied from the above report of his care and accuracy in the execution of the work , they recommend this edition of the Bible to the inhabitants of ...
... religion as well as an instance of the progress of arts in this country ; and being satisfied from the above report of his care and accuracy in the execution of the work , they recommend this edition of the Bible to the inhabitants of ...
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Page 105 - Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 104 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 105 - Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. 11. But put forth thine hand now and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 130 - After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in /Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
Page 130 - Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 32 And John bare record, saying I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
Page 9 - Holy Bible: containing the Old Testament and the New. Translated into the Indian Language and ordered to be printed by the Commissioners of the United Colonies in New England, at the charge, and with the consent of the Corporation in England for the Propagation of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New England.
Page 115 - THE GREEK TESTAMENT, with English Notes, Critical, Philological, and Exegetical, partly selected and arranged from the best Commentators, ancient and modern, but chiefly original ; the whole being...
Page 153 - Your Majesties Government, we cannot but return our most Humble Thanks in this Publick Manner : And, as the Result, of the joynt Endeavours of Your Majesties Subjects there and here, acting under Your Royal Influence, We Present You with this Work, which upon sundry accounts is to be called Yours. " The Southern Colonies of the Spanish Nation have sent home from this American Continent, much Gold and Silver, as the Fruit and End of their Discoveries and Transplantations: That (we confess is a scarce...
Page 56 - Majesty," in order to prevent a prosecution from those in England and Scotland, who published the Bible by a patent from the crown ; or, Cum privilegio, as did the English universities of Oxford and Cambridge. When I was an apprentice, I often heard those who had assisted at the case and press in printing this Bible, make mention of the fact. The late governor Hancock was related to Henchman, and knew the particulars of the transaction.
Page 72 - Newly revised and corrected, according to the Clementine edition of the Scriptures.