Notes on All the Books of Scripture: For the Use of the Pulpit and Private Families, Volume 1A. Kennedy, 1803 - Bible |
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... rites of fome of the anti- ent religions have been fo long unpractifed , that with- out the moft decifive evidence of hiftory , it would not at this day have been credible that human nature could ever have been fo far depraved , and the ...
... rites of fome of the anti- ent religions have been fo long unpractifed , that with- out the moft decifive evidence of hiftory , it would not at this day have been credible that human nature could ever have been fo far depraved , and the ...
Page xiii
... rites , and even from every mode of di- vination , and that in his writings every thing of this kind fhould be spoken of with the greatest abhorrence and contempt , is fuch an argument for the divine origin of thefe inftitutions as , I ...
... rites , and even from every mode of di- vination , and that in his writings every thing of this kind fhould be spoken of with the greatest abhorrence and contempt , is fuch an argument for the divine origin of thefe inftitutions as , I ...
Page 49
... rite of circumcifi on , which relates to the pofterity of Abraham , was made a fign of the covenant [ made with him . And it is evident , from the terms in which it is expreffed , that both the covenant and the fign of it were to be ...
... rite of circumcifi on , which relates to the pofterity of Abraham , was made a fign of the covenant [ made with him . And it is evident , from the terms in which it is expreffed , that both the covenant and the fign of it were to be ...
Page 50
... rite of circumcifion , and also obferve their festivals , tho ' not with all the forms pre- , fcribed by their law . * If the language ufed by the Divine Being on this occafion be exactly reported , it should feem that the meaning of ...
... rite of circumcifion , and also obferve their festivals , tho ' not with all the forms pre- , fcribed by their law . * If the language ufed by the Divine Being on this occafion be exactly reported , it should feem that the meaning of ...
Page 51
... rite of circumcifion . It seems extraordinary that not only Abraham , bus Ifhmael , and even the flaves of Abraham , who had no interest whatever in the covenant of which it was the fign , were ordered to be circumcifed , But according ...
... rite of circumcifion . It seems extraordinary that not only Abraham , bus Ifhmael , and even the flaves of Abraham , who had no interest whatever in the covenant of which it was the fign , were ordered to be circumcifed , But according ...
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Aaron Abraham againſt alfo alſo altar Ammonites Amorites antient appear becauſe befides cafe called Canaan cauſe circumftance confequence confiderable confidered cuſtom David defcended divine doubt Eaft Egypt Egyptians ephod eſpecially evident exprefs facrificed facrifices faid fame father favour fays feems ferved feven fhew fhould fignifies firft firſt fituation folemn fome fomething fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuperior fuppofed greateſt heathens Hebrew himſelf hiſtory idolatry Ifrael Ifraelites Jacob Jofeph Joſhua Judah king leaſt Levites meaſure mentioned Midianites Moabites Mofes moft moſt muft muſt nation natural neceffary notwithſtanding obferved occafion paffage perfons perhaps poffeffion prefent prieſts probably promiſe prophet puniſhment purpoſe reafon refidence refpect religion rites Saul ſeems ſhe Solomon ſtate ſuppoſed tabernacle temple thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tribe tribe of Benjamin tribe of Ephraim tribe of Judah urim and thummim uſed wilderneſs worſhip
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Page 39 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 39 - Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth : and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt ; and serve ye the Lord.
Page 152 - Woe unto us ! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
Page 446 - And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Page 307 - And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites : for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of...
Page 355 - And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights ; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses...
Page 478 - And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer...
Page 375 - What doth the Lord require of ^thee but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Page 473 - And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth . . . and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number; and they entered the land to destroy it.
Page 17 - ... the Book of Genesis. He says, " Enoch was probably a prophet authorized to announce the reality of another life after this ; and he might be removed into it without dying, as an evidence of the truth of his doctrine.