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... 427 , 431 to 438 ; 449 . Solomon , 431 to 440 . Kingdoms of Israel and Judah ,
440 . Book of the Law , 447 . The Kings after Solomon , 440 to 449 . Exile to
Babylon , 449 . PREF A CE . I WOULD candidly advise persons who Di
CONTENTS .
... 427 , 431 to 438 ; 449 . Solomon , 431 to 440 . Kingdoms of Israel and Judah ,
440 . Book of the Law , 447 . The Kings after Solomon , 440 to 449 . Exile to
Babylon , 449 . PREF A CE . I WOULD candidly advise persons who Di
CONTENTS .
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Wickedness will more and more abound till the end comes . Hindoos have no
history to sustain these dates , comprising such enormous intervals of time . Lists
of kings , preserved in various parts of the country , have been PROGRESS OF ...
Wickedness will more and more abound till the end comes . Hindoos have no
history to sustain these dates , comprising such enormous intervals of time . Lists
of kings , preserved in various parts of the country , have been PROGRESS OF ...
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The most powerful kings feared the malediction of these highly sanctified mortals
, and sought their blessing as the greatest ... One of the sacred legends thus
describes the reception given to some of these celebrated anchorites , by the
king of ...
The most powerful kings feared the malediction of these highly sanctified mortals
, and sought their blessing as the greatest ... One of the sacred legends thus
describes the reception given to some of these celebrated anchorites , by the
king of ...
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Sometimes kings , who had been dethroned by conquest , or merchants who had
lost their wealth , retired from the world and performed sacrifices to regain their
lost fortune . This course was respected as pious and meritorious ; but it ...
Sometimes kings , who had been dethroned by conquest , or merchants who had
lost their wealth , retired from the world and performed sacrifices to regain their
lost fortune . This course was respected as pious and meritorious ; but it ...
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One of those hermit - schools in the forest , where pilgrims resorted , and saints
served their noviciate , is thus described in the ancient poem Mahabharata ,
believed to have been written more than a thousand years before Christ : - " The
king ...
One of those hermit - schools in the forest , where pilgrims resorted , and saints
served their noviciate , is thus described in the ancient poem Mahabharata ,
believed to have been written more than a thousand years before Christ : - " The
king ...
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Page 400 - And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Page 398 - And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people ; now, therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them ; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Page 417 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Page 427 - And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all. And he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page 399 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Page 405 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 404 - The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart...
Page 428 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
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| Title | The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks Volume 1 of The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Lydia Maria Child |
| Author | Lydia Maria Child |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2005 |
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