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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... leave the writing such histories to weaker people , and to such as are not acquanted with the actions of princes . Yet shall the real truth of historical facts be preferred by us , how much soever it be neglected among the Greek ...
... leave the writing such histories to weaker people , and to such as are not acquanted with the actions of princes . Yet shall the real truth of historical facts be preferred by us , how much soever it be neglected among the Greek ...
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... leave off thence shall I take my rise , and begin my history . Now as to what concerns that war which happened in my own time , I will go over it very largely , and with all the diligence I am able ; but for what preceded mine own age ...
... leave off thence shall I take my rise , and begin my history . Now as to what concerns that war which happened in my own time , I will go over it very largely , and with all the diligence I am able ; but for what preceded mine own age ...
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... leave him . But fince neither the Jews would leave off their rage , nor the Greeks prove unfaithful , they came to an engagement , and to a clofe fight with their weapons . In which battle De- metrius was the conqueror , although ...
... leave him . But fince neither the Jews would leave off their rage , nor the Greeks prove unfaithful , they came to an engagement , and to a clofe fight with their weapons . In which battle De- metrius was the conqueror , although ...
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... leave the place ; and , upon his hear- ing how the affairs of Judea stood , he made hafte thither as to a certain booty . 3. As foon , therefore , as he was come into the country , there came ambaffadors from both the brothers , each of ...
... leave the place ; and , upon his hear- ing how the affairs of Judea stood , he made hafte thither as to a certain booty . 3. As foon , therefore , as he was come into the country , there came ambaffadors from both the brothers , each of ...
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... leave off the inftances of their divine worfhip that were appointed by their law ; for it was in the third month of the fiege before the Romans could even with great difficulty overthrow one of the towers , and get into the temple . Now ...
... leave off the inftances of their divine worfhip that were appointed by their law ; for it was in the third month of the fiege before the Romans could even with great difficulty overthrow one of the towers , and get into the temple . Now ...
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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.