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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Page 13
... thou knoweft not what is become of a man whom thou thy- * St . John's account of the reafon why God accepted the facrifice of Abel , and rejected that of Cain ; as alfo why Cain flew Abel , on account of that his accep- tance with God ...
... thou knoweft not what is become of a man whom thou thy- * St . John's account of the reafon why God accepted the facrifice of Abel , and rejected that of Cain ; as alfo why Cain flew Abel , on account of that his accep- tance with God ...
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... Thou shalt not however lofe the rewards thou haft deserved to receive by fuch thy glorious actions . He anfwered , And what advan- tage will it be to me to have fuch rewards , when I have none to enjoy them after me ? For he was ...
... Thou shalt not however lofe the rewards thou haft deserved to receive by fuch thy glorious actions . He anfwered , And what advan- tage will it be to me to have fuch rewards , when I have none to enjoy them after me ? For he was ...
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... thou ledft her about as thy fifter , I was guilty of no offence . He alfo entreated him to be at peace with him , and to make God propitious to him ; and that , if he thought fit to continue with him , he should have what he wanted in ...
... thou ledft her about as thy fifter , I was guilty of no offence . He alfo entreated him to be at peace with him , and to make God propitious to him ; and that , if he thought fit to continue with him , he should have what he wanted in ...
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... thou waft come into the world , there was nothing that could contribute to thy fup- port , for which I was not greatly folicitous , nor any thing " wherein I thought my felf happier than to fee thee grown up to man's eftate , and that I ...
... thou waft come into the world , there was nothing that could contribute to thy fup- port , for which I was not greatly folicitous , nor any thing " wherein I thought my felf happier than to fee thee grown up to man's eftate , and that I ...
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... thou feemeft to be Efau . " So fufpecting no deceit , he eat the fupper , and betook himself to his prayers and interceffions with God ; and faid , " O Lord of all ages , " and Creator of all fubftance ; for it was thou that dift pro ...
... thou feemeft to be Efau . " So fufpecting no deceit , he eat the fupper , and betook himself to his prayers and interceffions with God ; and faid , " O Lord of all ages , " and Creator of all fubftance ; for it was thou that dift pro ...
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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.