The last nine books of the Antiquities of the Jews, with the life of Flavius Josephus written by himselfFor Thomas and Andrews, Boston, and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
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... enemies of the Jews now got poffeffion of , and built on it this citadel , and fortified it , till a good while afterwards the Jews regained it , demolished it , and levelled the hill itself with the cominon ground , that their enemies ...
... enemies of the Jews now got poffeffion of , and built on it this citadel , and fortified it , till a good while afterwards the Jews regained it , demolished it , and levelled the hill itself with the cominon ground , that their enemies ...
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... enemies , by oblerving the law [ fo rigorously while their adverlaries would fill allault them on this day , and they would not then defend themselves , and that nothing could then hinder but they muft all perifh without fighting ...
... enemies , by oblerving the law [ fo rigorously while their adverlaries would fill allault them on this day , and they would not then defend themselves , and that nothing could then hinder but they muft all perifh without fighting ...
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... enemies , Admit among you the righteous and religious , and augment their power . ' " " 4 When Mattathias had thus difcourfed to his fons , and had prayed to God to be their affiftant , and to recover to the peo- ple their former ...
... enemies , Admit among you the righteous and religious , and augment their power . ' " " 4 When Mattathias had thus difcourfed to his fons , and had prayed to God to be their affiftant , and to recover to the peo- ple their former ...
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... enemies camp , and went his way . But when Seron , who was general of the army of Celefyria heard that many had joined themfelves to Judas , and that he had a- bout him an army fufficient for fighting , and for making war , he ...
... enemies camp , and went his way . But when Seron , who was general of the army of Celefyria heard that many had joined themfelves to Judas , and that he had a- bout him an army fufficient for fighting , and for making war , he ...
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... enemies were , he perfuaded his own foldiers to be of good courage ; and exhorted them to place their hopes of victory in God , and to make fupplication to him , according to the cuftom of their country clothed in fackcloth ; and to ...
... enemies were , he perfuaded his own foldiers to be of good courage ; and exhorted them to place their hopes of victory in God , and to make fupplication to him , according to the cuftom of their country clothed in fackcloth ; and to ...
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Page 339 - 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 224 - This is a very fine cave in a mountain, under which there is a great cavity in the earth, and the cavern is abrupt, and prodigiously deep, and full of a still water ; over it hangs a vast mountain; and under the caverns arise the springs of the river Jordan. Herod adorned this place, which was already a very remarkable one, still further by the erection of this temple, which he dedicated to Caesar.
Page 423 - I, who was by you called immortal, am immediately to be hurried away by death. But I am bound to accept of what Providence allots, as it pleases God ; for we have by no means lived ill, but in a splendid and happy manner.
Page 347 - Herod, who feared lest the great influence John had over the people might put it into his power and inclination to raise a rebellion (for they seemed ready to do anything he should advise), thought it best by putting him to death to prevent any mischief he might cause...
Page 334 - Gennesareth, unto the dignity of a city, both by the number of inhabitants it contained, and its other grandeur, and called it by the name of Julias, the same name with Caesar's daughter.
Page 333 - These men agree in all other things with the Pharisaic notions; but they have an inviolable attachment to liberty, and say that God is to be their only Ruler and Lord. They also do not value dying any kinds of death, nor indeed do they heed the deaths of their relations and friends, nor can any such fear make them call any man lord.