...the Latin and Greek; but he more afllduoufly ftudied the Hebrew, becaufe he faid that " he would fee with his own eyes, the ancient oracles of God, in their native beauty." * He had read much of hiftory and philofophy, but theology was his favourite ftudy. He was able to...

...unfamiliar to him, yet it was to the sacred Hebrew that he devoted hie chief attention, "that he might see with his own eyes the ancient oracles of God in their native beauty." These impressions were deepened by his attendance on the ministry of the Rev. R. Clyflon, a Puritan...

...arguments like a Bishop. He even learned the Hebrew tongue, purposely, as he says, that he might read with his " own eyes the ancient oracles of God in their native beauty." ' ' I am afraid it would be dangerous to encounter so skilful an antagonist,' said Atherton, smiling...

...ipirit, and acquirements, are celebrated by the same learned author. The Dutch tongue, he observe*, was almost as vernacular to him as the English. "The...mastered, but the Hebrew he most of all studied, because, be said, he would see, with his own eyes, the ancient Oraclcs of God in their native beauty." [.ffogno/....

...arguments like a bishop. He even learned the Hebrew tongue, purposely, as he says, that he might read with his 'own eyes the ancient oracles of God in their native beauty.' " " I am afraid it would be dangerous to encounter so skilful an antagonist," said Atherton, smiling...

...of study and writing, and his attainments were respectable. Cotton Mather says, " the Dutch tongue was almost as vernacular to him as the English ; the...the ancient oracles of God in their native beauty." He died May 9, 1657, in his 69th year, " lamented," as Mather says, "by all the colonies of New England,...

...mastered some four or five other languages, studied the Hebrew most of all; "because," as he elegantly said, " he would see with his own eyes the ancient oracles of God in their native beauty!" In the same distinguished College where he gained his fellowship, Mr. Cotton afterwards became Head...

...mastered some four or five other languages, studied the Hebrew most of all ; " because," as he elegantly said, " he would see with his own eyes the ancient oracles of God in their native beauty !" In the same distinguished College where he gained his fellowship, Mr. Cotton afterwards became Head...

...knowledge of the Latin and Greek ; but he more assiduously studied the Hebrew, because he said that " he would see with his own eyes the ancient oracles of God in their native beauty."* He had read much of history and philoso phy, but theology was his favourite study. He was able to manage...

...Greek ; but the Hebrew he studied most of all. He delighted especially in this language, " because," as he said, " he would see with his own eyes the ancient oracles of God in their native beauty." This one expression, so enthusiastic and so elegant, is enough to prove at once his fervent piety,...