Observations Upon the Plagues Inflicted Upon the Egyptians: In which is Shewn the Peculiarity of Those Judgments, and Their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatries of that People. To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies from Egypt |
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The Frog an emblem of Prophetic Influence - esteemed Sacred from its Inflation
Other Reasons for this Animal being a Sacred Emblem The Third Plague - LICE .
. . Of the Cinnim or Conim Lice , & c . sti . Influence . PART SECOND . The Fourth
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The Frog an emblem of Prophetic Influence - esteemed Sacred from its Inflation
Other Reasons for this Animal being a Sacred Emblem The Third Plague - LICE .
. . Of the Cinnim or Conim Lice , & c . sti . Influence . PART SECOND . The Fourth
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137 The Ninth Plague - PALPABLE DARKNESS 141 Of the Adoration paid to the
Sun , and to Fire 144 Night adared as a Primary Deity . . i 149 Recapitulation :
158 The Tenth Plague DEATH OF THE FIRST - BORN 161 Of the Sacred ...
137 The Ninth Plague - PALPABLE DARKNESS 141 Of the Adoration paid to the
Sun , and to Fire 144 Night adared as a Primary Deity . . i 149 Recapitulation :
158 The Tenth Plague DEATH OF THE FIRST - BORN 161 Of the Sacred ...
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The cow and heifer were held universally by the Egyptians in great reverence , as
being sacred to ' Isis . The rites of this goddess were about this time brought into *
Greece ; and were kept up particularly in Attica . In other places they became ...
The cow and heifer were held universally by the Egyptians in great reverence , as
being sacred to ' Isis . The rites of this goddess were about this time brought into *
Greece ; and were kept up particularly in Attica . In other places they became ...
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As they received so much benefit from their river , they held water in general
sacred , as a Julius Firmicus has observed :Ægypti incolæ , aquarum beneficia
percipienstes , aquam colunt , aquis supplicant , aquas superstitiosâ veneratione
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As they received so much benefit from their river , they held water in general
sacred , as a Julius Firmicus has observed :Ægypti incolæ , aquarum beneficia
percipienstes , aquam colunt , aquis supplicant , aquas superstitiosâ veneratione
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They must have felt the utmost astonishment and horror , when they beheld their
sacred stream changed and polluted : and the divinity whom they worshipped so
shamefully foiled and debased . And these appearances must have had a ...
They must have felt the utmost astonishment and horror , when they beheld their
sacred stream changed and polluted : and the divinity whom they worshipped so
shamefully foiled and debased . And these appearances must have had a ...
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Page 115 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 201 - Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Page 349 - And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them : 20.
Page 350 - And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground : and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left...
Page 209 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
Page 188 - And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Page 180 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.
Page 219 - And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth ? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Page 336 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 56 - But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron...
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| Title | Observations Upon the Plagues Inflicted Upon the Egyptians: In which is Shewn the Peculiarity of Those Judgments, and Their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatries of that People. To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies from Egypt |
| Author | Jacob Bryant |
| Publisher | T. Hamilton and R. Ogle, 1810 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 392 pages |
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