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The Egyptians , from whom the Greeks originally received their religion ,
imagined that particular animals were the favourites of particular deities , and
communicated their powers to them . At least , they considered their several
qualities as ...
The Egyptians , from whom the Greeks originally received their religion ,
imagined that particular animals were the favourites of particular deities , and
communicated their powers to them . At least , they considered their several
qualities as ...
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For he says the Egyptians were the first who forbad it in their temples . He says
that all other nations , except the Greeks ( who borrowed much of their religion
from the Egyptians ) , scrupled not to perform those actions in the temples . Nor
did ...
For he says the Egyptians were the first who forbad it in their temples . He says
that all other nations , except the Greeks ( who borrowed much of their religion
from the Egyptians ) , scrupled not to perform those actions in the temples . Nor
did ...
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Thus the Egyptians would not eat the flesh of a cow . It was commonly said of
them , they would as soon eat that of a man . Their priests , and the Pythagoreans
, who followed them in it , abstained from beans . The priests in Syria ate no filh ...
Thus the Egyptians would not eat the flesh of a cow . It was commonly said of
them , they would as soon eat that of a man . Their priests , and the Pythagoreans
, who followed them in it , abstained from beans . The priests in Syria ate no filh ...
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of divine power Pharaoh and all the Egyptians were so terrified and subdued ,
that , unwilling as they before had been to part with such useful servants , they
were now desirous of getting rid of them , at any rate . Upon a greater scale still
was ...
of divine power Pharaoh and all the Egyptians were so terrified and subdued ,
that , unwilling as they before had been to part with such useful servants , they
were now desirous of getting rid of them , at any rate . Upon a greater scale still
was ...
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Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt , saying , Let us alone , that we
may serve the Egyptians ? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians ,
than that we should die in the wilderness . It was almost with as much reluctance
...
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt , saying , Let us alone , that we
may serve the Egyptians ? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians ,
than that we should die in the wilderness . It was almost with as much reluctance
...
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Page 95 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Page 95 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth: they are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 200 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words, Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 90 - LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.
Page 96 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 214 - And they forsook the Lord GOD of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed" themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Page 261 - ... and Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: and he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee...
Page 267 - LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods!
Page 48 - God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened, Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 90 - Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
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| Title | Discourses Relating to the Evidence of Revealed Religion, Volume 2 Discourses Relating to the Evidence of Revealed Religion, Joseph Priestley |
| Author | Joseph Priestley |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1796 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2006 |
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