A New and Complete Universal History of the Holy Bible, from the Creation of the World, to the Full Establishment of Christianity, by Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and His Holy Evangelists, Apostles, Disciples, &c. ... |
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Having landed at Tripolis in Syria , he informed the inhabitants of his being the
right heir to the crown , and that he was sent by the Roman senate , who would
support his pretensions to take possession of the kingdom . This story being ...
Having landed at Tripolis in Syria , he informed the inhabitants of his being the
right heir to the crown , and that he was sent by the Roman senate , who would
support his pretensions to take possession of the kingdom . This story being ...
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The next year he marched with his forces over the river Jordan , and after taking
several neighboring places , laid siege to Gaza , with a design , if he took it ,
severely to punish the inhabitants , in revenge for their having formerly solicited ...
The next year he marched with his forces over the river Jordan , and after taking
several neighboring places , laid siege to Gaza , with a design , if he took it ,
severely to punish the inhabitants , in revenge for their having formerly solicited ...
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And he answered , Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant , and the houses
without man , and the land be utterly ... Not only Jerusalem and the cities should
be wasted without inhabitants , but even the single houses should be without ...
And he answered , Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant , and the houses
without man , and the land be utterly ... Not only Jerusalem and the cities should
be wasted without inhabitants , but even the single houses should be without ...
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Its present inhabitants are only a few very 6 poor people , who dwell in caverns ,
and ... the once famous city of Tyre , on which the Divine vengeance was
denounced for the great pride of its inhabitants ; and in the destruction of which
we have ...
Its present inhabitants are only a few very 6 poor people , who dwell in caverns ,
and ... the once famous city of Tyre , on which the Divine vengeance was
denounced for the great pride of its inhabitants ; and in the destruction of which
we have ...
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practice ) when ten leprous person , who came out of the neighborhood of that
place , whose inhabitants had behaved to him with such disrespect , presented
themselves with loud cries to him for help , his compassion was as ready to
relieve ...
practice ) when ten leprous person , who came out of the neighborhood of that
place , whose inhabitants had behaved to him with such disrespect , presented
themselves with loud cries to him for help , his compassion was as ready to
relieve ...
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Page 465 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on : and they shall scourge him, and put him to death : and the third day he shall rise again.
Page 501 - And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them: "Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Page 485 - For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Page 277 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Page 456 - And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Page 468 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor ; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four-fold.
Page 454 - Then he said, I pray, thee, therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house ; for I have five brethren ; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Page 451 - And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment : and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends : But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Page 417 - Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
Page 384 - Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand : and if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?