Biblical natural science, Volume 1William Mackenzie, 1863 |
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... human interpreter has been forward to cast the shadows of his own prejudices on the fair form of truth , and to forget that if " God spake by Moses , " he is not at liberty to alter God's words from the meaning which , as words , they ...
... human interpreter has been forward to cast the shadows of his own prejudices on the fair form of truth , and to forget that if " God spake by Moses , " he is not at liberty to alter God's words from the meaning which , as words , they ...
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... human historical period , from observations made in the valley of the Nile and elsewhere , which , as shall be shown , is wholly unwarranted . Looking at the rock now under notice , we can see that , if the ocean at any one period ...
... human historical period , from observations made in the valley of the Nile and elsewhere , which , as shall be shown , is wholly unwarranted . Looking at the rock now under notice , we can see that , if the ocean at any one period ...
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... human historical period , has come to have great importance attached to it . Taking our stand in imagination on the surface of the carboniferous group , and looking back as far as thought can find a resting point on matter - the point ...
... human historical period , has come to have great importance attached to it . Taking our stand in imagination on the surface of the carboniferous group , and looking back as far as thought can find a resting point on matter - the point ...
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... human inhabitant , must be mixed up with the history of an independent order of things , with man at its head ? What , perhaps , has chiefly led to this , has been the desire to find in the opening words of the Bible a distinct denial ...
... human inhabitant , must be mixed up with the history of an independent order of things , with man at its head ? What , perhaps , has chiefly led to this , has been the desire to find in the opening words of the Bible a distinct denial ...
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... human species , and in their humbler varieties form the staple food of the grazing animals , scarce appear in the fossil state at all . " But this description is fatal to the author's own theory . In considering verses 11 and THE BIBLE ...
... human species , and in their humbler varieties form the staple food of the grazing animals , scarce appear in the fossil state at all . " But this description is fatal to the author's own theory . In considering verses 11 and THE BIBLE ...
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Biblical Natural Science: Being the Explanation of All References ..., Volume 2 John Duns No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 115 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
Page 271 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Page 235 - For he hath put all things under his feet! "But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him that God may be all in all.
Page 193 - And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Page 106 - Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.
Page 138 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree -of life, and eat, and live for ever : therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 309 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 227 - But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 227 - The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ...
Page 417 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place ; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.