Horę Mosaicę: Or, A View of the Mosaical Records, with Respect to Their Coincidence with Profane Antiquity; Their Internal Credibility; and Their Connection with Christianity: Comprehending the Substance of Eight Lectures Read Before the University of Oxford, in the Year 1801; Pursuant to the Will of the Late Rev. John Bampton, A.M. |
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... medium of Judaism , is a blow aimed at the vitals of Christianity . ' On the other hand , many perfons , who firmly believe in the great truths of the Gofpel , Gospel , and who fully admit the authority of the viii PREFACE .
... medium of Judaism , is a blow aimed at the vitals of Christianity . ' On the other hand , many perfons , who firmly believe in the great truths of the Gofpel , Gospel , and who fully admit the authority of the viii PREFACE .
Page 47
... believe that he was born out of chaos , the allego- rical mundane egg of oriental mythology . From the fhell of this egg , in the deep gloom of night , were formed the heavens ; from the white of it , the atmosphere ; and from its yolk ...
... believe that he was born out of chaos , the allego- rical mundane egg of oriental mythology . From the fhell of this egg , in the deep gloom of night , were formed the heavens ; from the white of it , the atmosphere ; and from its yolk ...
Page 55
... believe water to have been first produced , and afterwards to have been used as the principle , out of which all other things were formed ' . The opinion indeed , that fome mysterious ema- nation from the Almighty called the world into ...
... believe water to have been first produced , and afterwards to have been used as the principle , out of which all other things were formed ' . The opinion indeed , that fome mysterious ema- nation from the Almighty called the world into ...
Page 160
... believe , that it once rained fo violently , as to de- luge all the lower parts of the country . In confequence of this , an univerfal de- struction of the human fpecies took place , a few perfons only excepted , who escaped into caves ...
... believe , that it once rained fo violently , as to de- luge all the lower parts of the country . In confequence of this , an univerfal de- struction of the human fpecies took place , a few perfons only excepted , who escaped into caves ...
Page 165
... believe in a deluge that was univerfalf . 5. Epiphanius fays , that in the high Epipha- tract of country in Armenia , called the nius . Gordyean hills , one mountain in parti- cular , loftier than the reft , bore in his days the name of ...
... believe in a deluge that was univerfalf . 5. Epiphanius fays , that in the high Epipha- tract of country in Armenia , called the nius . Gordyean hills , one mountain in parti- cular , loftier than the reft , bore in his days the name of ...
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Page 148 - God had •determined to bring upon the earth at once, " the windows of heaven were opened, and the fountains of the great deep broken up.
Page 260 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 332 - When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand to tread my courts?
Page 16 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 332 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you : yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear : your hands arc full of blood.
Page 177 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 262 - And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth ? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Page 261 - And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice : for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
Page 313 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.
Page 177 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.