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Page vi
... Deity is represented with human passions , and those none of the best ; -while he is described as a quarrelsome , jealous , and vindictive being ; -while he is shown to be continually changing his plans for the moral government of the ...
... Deity is represented with human passions , and those none of the best ; -while he is described as a quarrelsome , jealous , and vindictive being ; -while he is shown to be continually changing his plans for the moral government of the ...
Page ix
... Deity . Cicero has said , that it is easier to tell what God is not , than what he is . Now every theist is surely prepared to say , that the Deity is neither unjust , nor cruel , nor liable , in any manner , to the frailties of human ...
... Deity . Cicero has said , that it is easier to tell what God is not , than what he is . Now every theist is surely prepared to say , that the Deity is neither unjust , nor cruel , nor liable , in any manner , to the frailties of human ...
Page xi
... Deity , that can believe any testimony , which records that the divine , infinite , and eternal Being is affected by accident , or is subject to passion ? It is impossible for the theist to admit , that any thing is more powerful than ...
... Deity , that can believe any testimony , which records that the divine , infinite , and eternal Being is affected by accident , or is subject to passion ? It is impossible for the theist to admit , that any thing is more powerful than ...
Page xiii
... Deity , as natural religion is itself capable of inspiring . I must acknowledge , that the Jewish scrip- tures , thus understood , appear to me to be contrary to all true theology . It is monstrous to be told , if the sense be taken ...
... Deity , as natural religion is itself capable of inspiring . I must acknowledge , that the Jewish scrip- tures , thus understood , appear to me to be contrary to all true theology . It is monstrous to be told , if the sense be taken ...
Page xvi
... Deity conversed with their ancestors upon the very various , but not always very important , topics , which the infinite God is said to have dis- cussed with his priests and his prophets . It is difficult , however , not to observe ...
... Deity conversed with their ancestors upon the very various , but not always very important , topics , which the infinite God is said to have dis- cussed with his priests and his prophets . It is difficult , however , not to observe ...
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Page 23 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 21 - Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes : His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
Page 30 - The archers have sorely grieved him and shot at him and hated him. But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.
Page 23 - Let Asher be blessed with children ; Let him be acceptable to his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass ; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Page 23 - Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships ; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
Page 23 - Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
Page 6 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 23 - And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
Page 118 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page xvii - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.