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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Page 35
... Prohibition after the Flood was , " Not to commit Murder ; " a Crime which might have been of the most fatal Confequence to that infant Colony . To enforce the Obfer- vance of this Precept more ftrongly , they were abfolutely forbidden ...
... Prohibition after the Flood was , " Not to commit Murder ; " a Crime which might have been of the most fatal Confequence to that infant Colony . To enforce the Obfer- vance of this Precept more ftrongly , they were abfolutely forbidden ...
Page 38
... Prohibition of eating Blood , that my- fterious Fluid , in which the vital Principle is contained , was again repeatedly renewed , and in- forced by the most dreadful Threatnings , in cafe of Difobedience . The Breach of this Command ...
... Prohibition of eating Blood , that my- fterious Fluid , in which the vital Principle is contained , was again repeatedly renewed , and in- forced by the most dreadful Threatnings , in cafe of Difobedience . The Breach of this Command ...
Page 39
... Prohibition , which I may treat upon hereafter in its proper Place ; yet I can't help being of Opinion , that a physical Rea fon too might be given for it ; fince there was undoubtedly a wife Reafon for every particular Restriction ...
... Prohibition , which I may treat upon hereafter in its proper Place ; yet I can't help being of Opinion , that a physical Rea fon too might be given for it ; fince there was undoubtedly a wife Reafon for every particular Restriction ...
Page 40
... Prohibition , Our Naturalists will inform you , that those ra- pacious Animals who live by preying upon their Fellow - creatures , are moft fond of devouring their Prey alive , whilft the Blood is in a Fluid State , and yet reeking ...
... Prohibition , Our Naturalists will inform you , that those ra- pacious Animals who live by preying upon their Fellow - creatures , are moft fond of devouring their Prey alive , whilft the Blood is in a Fluid State , and yet reeking ...
Page 43
... Prohibition ; and that to en- force Obedience to it more ftrongly , that Coun- cil ) which is the only One in the whole Chriftian World , which can ever be fupposed to have an inconteftible Claim to Infallibility ) publickly de- clared ...
... Prohibition ; and that to en- force Obedience to it more ftrongly , that Coun- cil ) which is the only One in the whole Chriftian World , which can ever be fupposed to have an inconteftible Claim to Infallibility ) publickly de- clared ...
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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...