The first eleven books of the Antiquities of the Jews, with a table of the Jewish coins, weights and measuresFor Thomas and Andrews, Boston, and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
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... appear to all the ↑ Greeks worthy of their study ; for it will contain all our antiquities , and the constitution of our government , as inter- preted out of the Hebrew scriptures . And indeed I did formerly intend , when I wrote of ...
... appear to all the ↑ Greeks worthy of their study ; for it will contain all our antiquities , and the constitution of our government , as inter- preted out of the Hebrew scriptures . And indeed I did formerly intend , when I wrote of ...
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... appear to them , that there is nothing therein dis- agreeable either to the majesty of God , or to his love to mankind ; for all things have here a reference to the nature of the universe ; while our legislator speaks some things wisely ...
... appear to them , that there is nothing therein dis- agreeable either to the majesty of God , or to his love to mankind ; for all things have here a reference to the nature of the universe ; while our legislator speaks some things wisely ...
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... manner agreeable to the earth , and fitted it for giv- ing moisture and rain , and for affording the advantage of dews . On the third day he appointed the dry land to appear , VOL . I. day with the fea itself round about it ; and on THE ...
... manner agreeable to the earth , and fitted it for giv- ing moisture and rain , and for affording the advantage of dews . On the third day he appointed the dry land to appear , VOL . I. day with the fea itself round about it ; and on THE ...
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... appears , that Jofephus thought feveral , at leaft , of the brute animals , particularly the Serpent , could fpeak before the Fall . And I think few of the more perfect kinds of thofe animals want the organs of speech at this day . Many ...
... appears , that Jofephus thought feveral , at leaft , of the brute animals , particularly the Serpent , could fpeak before the Fall . And I think few of the more perfect kinds of thofe animals want the organs of speech at this day . Many ...
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... appear abroad , they invented fome- what to cover them ; for the tree fharpened their understand- ing ; and they covered themfelves with fig - leaves ; and tying thefe before them , out of modefty , they thought they were happier than ...
... appear abroad , they invented fome- what to cover them ; for the tree fharpened their understand- ing ; and they covered themfelves with fig - leaves ; and tying thefe before them , out of modefty , they thought they were happier than ...
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Abfalom Abimelech Accordingly affiftance againſt Ahab alfo alſo altar Amaziah Ammonites Antiq army Babylon becauſe befides Benhadad brought caft called Canaan Canaanites caufe CHAP commanded cubits David death defired deftroyed deftruction Egypt Egyptians enemies facrifices faid fame father feaft feems felf fend fent fervants feven fhall fhewed fhould fight filver fince firft flain flew fome foon foretold ftill ftones fuch fuffer fuppofe gave hath Hebrews himſelf honour houfe houſe hundred Ifrael Ifraelites Jeroboam Jerufalem Jews Joab Jofephus Jofephus's king king's kingdom land laws Mofes moft moſt multitude obferved occafion paffed perfon perfuaded Philiftines pleaſed pofterity prefent preferve priests promifed prophet punishment reafon refolved reft reign Samaria Saul Solomon Syria tabernacle temple thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thoufand told took tribe tribe of Judah uſe whofe wicked wife worship
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Page 15 - They also were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies and their order. And, that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars...
Page 24 - For of the four sons of Ham, time has not at all hurt the name of Chus; for the Ethiopians, over whom he reigned, are even at this day, both by themselves and by all men in Asia, called Chusites.
Page 375 - ... the demon, as he went out of the man, to overturn it, and thereby to let the spectators know that he had left the man...
Page 16 - For many angels" of God accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants.