A Course of Physico-theological Lectures Upon the State of the World: From the Creation to the Deluge. By Robert Miln, A.M. |
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... remarkable oc- currences , fuch as , the confufion of languages at Babel ; the deftruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ; the plagues of Egypt ; and the peregrinations of the Ifraelites thro ' the wilderness . In my prefent undertaking I have ...
... remarkable oc- currences , fuch as , the confufion of languages at Babel ; the deftruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ; the plagues of Egypt ; and the peregrinations of the Ifraelites thro ' the wilderness . In my prefent undertaking I have ...
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... remarkable paffages , and after digesting them into a book , embellished the whole with a poetic ftile and scenical drefs . He would look upon this hiftory , as very applicable to the diftreffed condi- tion of his own countrymen , and ...
... remarkable paffages , and after digesting them into a book , embellished the whole with a poetic ftile and scenical drefs . He would look upon this hiftory , as very applicable to the diftreffed condi- tion of his own countrymen , and ...
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... remarkable that these words are used by way of contrast , betwixt a corruptible body , and an in- * Colof . i . 15. +1 Cor . xv . 47 . cor . corruptible ; fuch as the faints of God will be 50 LECT . II . On the Creation .
... remarkable that these words are used by way of contrast , betwixt a corruptible body , and an in- * Colof . i . 15. +1 Cor . xv . 47 . cor . corruptible ; fuch as the faints of God will be 50 LECT . II . On the Creation .
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... remarkable in this refpect , that thofe minerals and metals which are most fubfervient to our benefit , fuch as iron , brafs , lead , & c . are of all others the most common and plentiful , whereas the precious metals are more rare ...
... remarkable in this refpect , that thofe minerals and metals which are most fubfervient to our benefit , fuch as iron , brafs , lead , & c . are of all others the most common and plentiful , whereas the precious metals are more rare ...
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... remarkable mine in Europe , is that at Cotte- berg in Hungary , which is about 1,000 yards deep ; but the depth of the earth from the furface to the center is above 4,000 miles . + Watson's Chem . with many femblances of that delightful ...
... remarkable mine in Europe , is that at Cotte- berg in Hungary , which is about 1,000 yards deep ; but the depth of the earth from the furface to the center is above 4,000 miles . + Watson's Chem . with many femblances of that delightful ...
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Page 43 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Page 129 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 121 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Page 64 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive him : On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
Page 58 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 349 - Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth ; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons...
Page 56 - And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 310 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 307 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 204 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD.