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Page 510
Now men of good tempers ought to observe their own laws concerning religion
accurately , and to persevere therein , but not presently to abuse the laws of other
nations , while this Apion deserted his own laws , and told lies about ours .
Now men of good tempers ought to observe their own laws concerning religion
accurately , and to persevere therein , but not presently to abuse the laws of other
nations , while this Apion deserted his own laws , and told lies about ours .
Page 512
But which of these it was who made the best laws , and which had the greatest
reason to believe that God was their author , it will be easy upon comparing those
laws themselves together to determine ; for it is time that we come to that point . t
...
But which of these it was who made the best laws , and which had the greatest
reason to believe that God was their author , it will be easy upon comparing those
laws themselves together to determine ; for it is time that we come to that point . t
...
Page 517
Thus hath our lawgiver contrived to teach us an equitable conduct every way . by
using us to such laws as instruct us therein ; while at the same time he hath
ordained , that such as break these laws should be punished , without the
allowance ...
Thus hath our lawgiver contrived to teach us an equitable conduct every way . by
using us to such laws as instruct us therein ; while at the same time he hath
ordained , that such as break these laws should be punished , without the
allowance ...
Page 518
1 far , then , we have gained that it is to be confessed a mark of virtue to submit to
laws * . But then , let such as admire this in the Lacedemonians compare thai
duration of theirs with more than two thousand years which our political
goverment ...
1 far , then , we have gained that it is to be confessed a mark of virtue to submit to
laws * . But then , let such as admire this in the Lacedemonians compare thai
duration of theirs with more than two thousand years which our political
goverment ...
Page 522
But no such thing is per . mitted amongst us ; for though we be deprived of our
wealth , of our cities , or of the other advantages we have , our law continues
immortal : nor can any Jew go so far from his own country , nor be so affrighted at
the ...
But no such thing is per . mitted amongst us ; for though we be deprived of our
wealth , of our cities , or of the other advantages we have , our law continues
immortal : nor can any Jew go so far from his own country , nor be so affrighted at
the ...
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Page 541 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 38 - They also believe, that souls have an immortal vigour in them, and that under the earth there will be rewards or punishments, according as they have lived virtuously or viciously in this life ; and the latter are to be detained in an everlasting prison, but that the former shall have power to revive and live again...
Page 526 - Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third •day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him ; and the ;tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.
Page 541 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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Page 541 - Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents ; they have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind...
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Page 537 - Deliver me from all my transgressions : make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
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| Title | The Works of Josephus--: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus, Volume 2 The Works of Josephus--: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus, Flavius Josephus |
| Author | Flavius Josephus |
| Publisher | J. Grigg, 1825 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2007 |
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