The seven books of the Jewish war, with two books against Apion, and a discourse concerning Hades, to which are added three dissertations concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, and God's command to Abraham, etc., and an index to the wholeFor Thomas and Andrews, Boston, and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
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... against Trypho , whom he befieged in Dora , before he went on his expedition against the Medes ; yet could not he make the king afhamed of his ambition , though he had affifted him in killing Try pho ; for it was not long ere Antiochus ...
... against Trypho , whom he befieged in Dora , before he went on his expedition against the Medes ; yet could not he make the king afhamed of his ambition , though he had affifted him in killing Try pho ; for it was not long ere Antiochus ...
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... against the Jewish nation . And when he had flain more than fix thoufand of the rebels , he made an incurfion into Arabia , and when he had taken that country , together with the Gileadites and Moabites , he enjoined them to pay him ...
... against the Jewish nation . And when he had flain more than fix thoufand of the rebels , he made an incurfion into Arabia , and when he had taken that country , together with the Gileadites and Moabites , he enjoined them to pay him ...
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... against Antony , and that he should easily depofe Hyrcanus , and get the crown for himself . 8. But fate laughed at the hopes he had ; for Herod for faw what he was fo zealous about , and invited both Hyrcanus and him to supper ; but ...
... against Antony , and that he should easily depofe Hyrcanus , and get the crown for himself . 8. But fate laughed at the hopes he had ; for Herod for faw what he was fo zealous about , and invited both Hyrcanus and him to supper ; but ...
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... against Antigonus . Now here thole that used to raife tumults in Galilee , having liberty fo to do upon his de- parture , fell unexpectedly upon Ptolemy , the general of his forces , and flew him : They alfo laid the country wafte , and ...
... against Antigonus . Now here thole that used to raife tumults in Galilee , having liberty fo to do upon his de- parture , fell unexpectedly upon Ptolemy , the general of his forces , and flew him : They alfo laid the country wafte , and ...
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... against them about Diofpolis , and he conquered that army although it fought refolutely against him . After which defeat , the Arabians were in great motion , and affembled them- felves together at Kanatha , a city of Celefyria , in ...
... against them about Diofpolis , and he conquered that army although it fought refolutely against him . After which defeat , the Arabians were in great motion , and affembled them- felves together at Kanatha , a city of Celefyria , in ...
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Page 519 - And thus an end was put to this sedition. " [Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man ; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ.
Page 533 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 533 - 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 531 - Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Page 533 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place The LORD will provide; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.
Page 415 - ... they dig a trench quite round about it, till the hidden part of the root be very small, they then tie a dog to it, and when the dog tries hard to follow him that tied him, this root is easily plucked up, but the dog dies immediately, as if it were instead of the man that would take the plant away; nor after this need any one be afraid of taking it into their hands.
Page 453 - As for ourselves, therefore, we neither inhabit a maritime country, nor do we delight in merchandise, nor in such a mixture with other men as arises from it; but the cities we dwell in are remote from the sea, and having a fruitful country for our habitation, we take pains in cultivating that only. Our principal care of all is this, to educate our children well...
Page 349 - Then did the famine widen its progress, and devoured the people by whole houses and families; the upper rooms were full of women and children that were dying by famine, and the lanes of the city were full of the dead bodies of the aged; the children also and the young men wandered about the market-places like shadows, all swelled with the famine, and fell down dead, wheresoever their misery seized them.
Page 3 - I have proposed to myself; for the sake of such as live under the government of the Romans, to translate those books into the Greek tongue, which I formerly composed in the language of our country, and sent to the Upper Barbarians...
Page 383 - ... as well those that made supplication for their lives, as those that defended themselves by fighting. The flame was also carried a long way, and made an echo, together with the groans of those that were slain; and because this hill was high, and the works at the temple were very great, one would have thought the whole city had been on fire.