An Universal History: From the Beginning of the World, to the Empire of CharlemagneR. Moore, 1821 - 405 pages |
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Abraham according affairs ages ancient appeared army Assyria authority Babylon beginning body called caused Christians church coming command conquests continued council death divine earth east Egypt emperor empire enemies established eternal faith fall father followed force gave Gentiles give given glory gods Greece hands hath holy honour Italy Jerusalem Jesus Christ Jews Judah king kingdom land learned less liberty lived longer Lord manner master means Messiah mind Moses nature never observed peace Persians person preserved priest prince promised prophecies prophets punishment reason received reign religion remained rendered rest Romans Rome ruin seen senate sent shows speak spirit suffer taken temple thing thought tion took true truth turn victories wherein whole worship
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Page 272 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath 'chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 225 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 226 - For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief; even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Page 224 - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Page 241 - For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 267 - For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Page 225 - For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Page 226 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor...
Page 239 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes ; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city.
Page 161 - And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
Bibliographic information
| Title | An Universal History: From the Beginning of the World, to the Empire of Charlemagne |
| Author | Jacques Bénigne Bossuet |
| Publisher | R. Moore, 1821 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 405 pages |
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