Reflections Physical and Moral, Upon the Various and Numerous Uncommon Phenomena in the Air, Water, Or Earth, which Have Happened from the Earthquake at Lima, to the Present Time: In a Series of Familiar Letters from a Member of Parliament in Town to His Friend in the CountryA. Millar, 1756 - 60 pages |
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... Himself is called a Spirit , to give us fome faint Idea ( and indeed the only Idea we poor Mortals are capable of re- ceiving ) of the Nature of that Effence of all Ef- fences . And as the Type in Scripture frequently bears the Name of ...
... Himself is called a Spirit , to give us fome faint Idea ( and indeed the only Idea we poor Mortals are capable of re- ceiving ) of the Nature of that Effence of all Ef- fences . And as the Type in Scripture frequently bears the Name of ...
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... Himself , and not only upon the few , but even upon the Stranger too who cohabited with him . " And whatsoever " Man there be of the House of Ifrael or of " the Strangers that fojourn among you , that " eateth any Manner of Blood ; I ...
... Himself , and not only upon the few , but even upon the Stranger too who cohabited with him . " And whatsoever " Man there be of the House of Ifrael or of " the Strangers that fojourn among you , that " eateth any Manner of Blood ; I ...
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... himself with Blood . When he was quite fatiated , he quitted the Carcase of the Horse , the Flesh of which he seem'd to despise , and retir'd calmly to his Den , and lay'd himself down to his Repose . If we continue this Obfervation ...
... himself with Blood . When he was quite fatiated , he quitted the Carcase of the Horse , the Flesh of which he seem'd to despise , and retir'd calmly to his Den , and lay'd himself down to his Repose . If we continue this Obfervation ...
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... . " - I fhall make no Apology for this Digreffion , in which I have en- deavoured to affign a phyfical Reafon for this firft pofitive Precept , which was given immedi- ately ately by God Himself to Noah , and declared to [ 42 ]
... . " - I fhall make no Apology for this Digreffion , in which I have en- deavoured to affign a phyfical Reafon for this firft pofitive Precept , which was given immedi- ately ately by God Himself to Noah , and declared to [ 42 ]
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... Himself to Noah , and declared to be of perpetual Obligation to all his Pofterity without Diftinction . I hope you will not think it foreign to the Purpofe ; especially when you re- flect , that this Precept was not only again repeat ...
... Himself to Noah , and declared to be of perpetual Obligation to all his Pofterity without Diftinction . I hope you will not think it foreign to the Purpofe ; especially when you re- flect , that this Precept was not only again repeat ...
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abfolute Adamah Æther affign'd againſt almoſt alſo Animals arifing Atoms or Particles becauſe beſt Blood call'd Cauſe commanded Commotions compleated confequently confifted conftantly Creatures Crime Darkneſs Deep deſcribed Divine dreadful Earth Earthquake employ'd facred Writings fame feems felves fhall fhould Fiffures fill'd final Doom fince Fire firft firſt Fluid fmall fome fometimes Food form'd Formation ftill ftrongly fuch Hebrew Hebrew Language Hiſtory Idolatry immenfe inferior Agents Inftance juft juſt Kind laft laſt leaſt Light Lisbon Mankind Maſs Meaſure Mofaic Mofes moft Moral Caufe moſt muft muſt Nations Nature niſhing Number obferv'd obferve Occafion Paffages Paffion Perfons Philofophy phyfical plainly poffibly Power Precept prefent produc'd proper Puniſhment Purpoſe quake quently Reafon receiv'd REFLECTIONS PHYSICAL refpective reft Religion Reſearches Ruabb Ruabh Ruahh ſeems Senfe ſhall Sodom Spirit Strata Tebom terrible thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion Univerſe us'd Uſe vaft Vapours various Waters whilft whofe whole Worship
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Page 38 - And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood ; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Page 38 - For the life or soul of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given.it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 50 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourfelves, (for ye faw no manner of fimilitude on the day that the Lord fpake unto you in Horeb out of the midft of the fire,} Left ye corrupt yourfelves, and make you a graven image, the fimilitude of any figure, the likenefs of male or female...
Page 47 - Tortures, which the Wit or Malice of their diabolical Tormentors could invent, are they not...
Page 26 - God fays, 1, even I do bring a Flood cf Waters upon the Earth to deftroy all FUJh.
Page 47 - And were not thofe infernal Sacrifices always attended with the whole Parade of Ceremonies generally us'd in the...