Sketches of Hebrew and Egyptian antiquity, intended as an introduction to the Pentateuch |
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... never could be equalled by the greatest philofophers . But how is this to be proved , and how to be exemplified ? We have no writings of Adam handed down to pofterity , as monuments of his great abilities ; but we have to this day ...
... never could be equalled by the greatest philofophers . But how is this to be proved , and how to be exemplified ? We have no writings of Adam handed down to pofterity , as monuments of his great abilities ; but we have to this day ...
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... never taint- ed . It is true , that he owed the highest ac- knowledgments to one who had faved his life , given him the education of a prince , and nurtured him with all the affection and ten- derness of a mother . Yet his affection for ...
... never taint- ed . It is true , that he owed the highest ac- knowledgments to one who had faved his life , given him the education of a prince , and nurtured him with all the affection and ten- derness of a mother . Yet his affection for ...
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... on this fubject ; and I am forry to fay , that he has affumed a mode of reafoning exceedingly weak and trifling , and fuch as he himself would never have borne from an opponent : an J an example or two will be fully fufficient . The ( 38 )
... on this fubject ; and I am forry to fay , that he has affumed a mode of reafoning exceedingly weak and trifling , and fuch as he himself would never have borne from an opponent : an J an example or two will be fully fufficient . The ( 38 )
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... never recollected that there was an oral tradition previous to Mofes , on the supposition that the words referred to tradition . He might as well have said , that Pythagoras's los qr , or that Plato , where he mentions mythologic ...
... never recollected that there was an oral tradition previous to Mofes , on the supposition that the words referred to tradition . He might as well have said , that Pythagoras's los qr , or that Plato , where he mentions mythologic ...
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... there have not been any fufficient grounds to difcredit it for if the chriftian writers of the first cen- tury , or any time after , had formed fuch a any ; fiction , fiction , it would never have efcaped the ene- mies ( 42 )
... there have not been any fufficient grounds to difcredit it for if the chriftian writers of the first cen- tury , or any time after , had formed fuch a any ; fiction , fiction , it would never have efcaped the ene- mies ( 42 )
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abfurd Ægypto affertion alfo alſo altho ancient anſwer antiquity autem becauſe Book of Enoch Buxtorf called cauſe Chimæra Chrift chriftians confequence darkneſs derived divine earth effe Egypt Egyptians Elohim eſpecially eſtabliſh Eufebius exift exiſtence expreffed facred faid fame fays fcience feems fenfe fhall fhew fhould fignifies fimilar firft firſt fituation folar fome fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuiffe fuit funt fuperior fuppofe Greek hæc heaven Hebrew hiftory himſelf Horapollo idolatry Ifrael Ifraelites infcription inftance inftruction invention Jews Jofephus knowledge language laws learned letters Lycurgus Manethos Mofes moft moſt muft muſt nature obfervations Ofiris opinion original paffage perfon philofophers Phoenician Plato prefent preferved prieſt primæval prove purpoſe quæ quod racters reafon refpect religious repreſented revelation Sabeans ſay Septuagint ſtate Strabo ſuch teftimony thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Thoth tion underſtanding uſe vaft vero whofe whoſe wiſdom words worſhip writings δε και μεν
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Page 177 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 119 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things...
Page 173 - ... 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth. 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 40 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, "Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Page 167 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 15 - And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Page 171 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years...
Page 172 - God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and for years : and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so.
Page 61 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Page 119 - ... he giveth to all life and breath and all things ; and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...