Containing five books of the Antiquities of the Jews, to which are prefixed three dissertationsW. Borradaile, 1825 |
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... happy pos terity from him hereafter . 4. That long before the days of Abraham , the demons or heathen gods had required and received human sacrifices , and particularly that of the offerer's own children , and this both before and after ...
... happy pos terity from him hereafter . 4. That long before the days of Abraham , the demons or heathen gods had required and received human sacrifices , and particularly that of the offerer's own children , and this both before and after ...
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... happy life upon those that follow him ; but plunges such as do not walk in the paths of virtue in inevitable miseries . Now when Moses was desirous to teach this lesson to his countrymen , he did not begin the establishment of his laws ...
... happy life upon those that follow him ; but plunges such as do not walk in the paths of virtue in inevitable miseries . Now when Moses was desirous to teach this lesson to his countrymen , he did not begin the establishment of his laws ...
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... happy life , nay , a life not inferior to that of a God : by which neans he overcame the woman , and persuaded her to des- pise the command of God . Now , when she had tasted of that tree , and was pleased with its fruits , she ...
... happy life , nay , a life not inferior to that of a God : by which neans he overcame the woman , and persuaded her to des- pise the command of God . Now , when she had tasted of that tree , and was pleased with its fruits , she ...
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... happy condition , without any misfortunes From this Jubal , not improbably , came Jubel , the trumpet of Jobel , or Jubilee , that large and loud musical instrument , used in proclaiming the liberty at the Year of Jubilee . The number ...
... happy condition , without any misfortunes From this Jubal , not improbably , came Jubel , the trumpet of Jobel , or Jubilee , that large and loud musical instrument , used in proclaiming the liberty at the Year of Jubilee . The number ...
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... happy , but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness . He also gra- dually changed the government into tyranny , seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God , but to bring them into a constant ...
... happy , but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness . He also gra- dually changed the government into tyranny , seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God , but to bring them into a constant ...
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Page 33 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the...
Page 33 - That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 16 - Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ...
Page 38 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns : and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Page 82 - ... might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars ;* the one of brick, the other of stone ; they inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind ; and also inform them that there was...
Page 11 - Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men among us, had condemned him to the cross,* those that loved him at the first did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third day,")" as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him ; and the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.
Page 36 - For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
Page 37 - Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents ; they have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind...
Page 39 - Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 36 - Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech ; he shall surely be put to death : the people of the land shall stone him with stones.