Horæ Mosaicæ: 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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... wonderful volume , to which the Jews pay implicit obedience , and upon which the whole fabric of Christianity is erected . It has long enjoyed a kind of pre- I. prefcriptive veneration , and its claim to di- CHAP 10 HORE MOSAICE .
... wonderful volume , to which the Jews pay implicit obedience , and upon which the whole fabric of Christianity is erected . It has long enjoyed a kind of pre- I. prefcriptive veneration , and its claim to di- CHAP 10 HORE MOSAICE .
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... kind of scenical representation . In fome cafes their origin was remembered , in others it was totally forgotten , and thus would for ever have remained , had not the page of Scrip- ture afforded that explanation , which had long been ...
... kind of scenical representation . In fome cafes their origin was remembered , in others it was totally forgotten , and thus would for ever have remained , had not the page of Scrip- ture afforded that explanation , which had long been ...
Page 74
... kind of magnificent temple confe- crated to the fervice of God . Its very name conveyed the idea of happiness and pleasure , which can only exift in their full perfection , when the will of man tho- roughly coincides with the will of ...
... kind of magnificent temple confe- crated to the fervice of God . Its very name conveyed the idea of happiness and pleasure , which can only exift in their full perfection , when the will of man tho- roughly coincides with the will of ...
Page 91
... kind ? In the oblation of the first born , originally instituted by God himself , and faithfully adhered to both by Jew and Gen- tile , we behold the death of him , who was the first born of his virgin mother , accu- rately though ...
... kind ? In the oblation of the first born , originally instituted by God himself , and faithfully adhered to both by Jew and Gen- tile , we behold the death of him , who was the first born of his virgin mother , accu- rately though ...
Page 97
... kind of scenical reprefenta- III . tion of the fall of our first parents . Ex- cluded from Paradife , and distracted with grief , they were doomed to wander over the face of the earth in queft of another habitation . Like the ancient ...
... kind of scenical reprefenta- III . tion of the fall of our first parents . Ex- cluded from Paradife , and distracted with grief , they were doomed to wander over the face of the earth in queft of another habitation . Like the ancient ...
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Abydenus afferts againſt alfo almoſt alſo anceſtors ancient Apollodorus appears Atargatis Babel becauſe cauſe CHAP Chineſe Chriftian circumftance confequently confiderable darkneſs defcendants defcribed deity deluge Deucalion Diodorus Siculus divine earth Egypt Egyptians eſtabliſhed exiſtence facred facrifice faid fame fays fecond fect feems ferpent ferve feven fhall fhew fhould fimilar fingular firft firſt fome fons foon ftill fuch fufficient fuppofed fuppofition Greeks heaven Herodotus HESIOD Hift himſelf Hindoos hiſtory Ibid Ifrael Ifraelites itſelf Jews leaſt lefs likewife luge midſt Mofaical Mofes moft moſt muft muſt mythology narrative nation Noah obfcure obferved paffage Pagan Patriarch Pentateuch perfon Plagues of Egypt Plutarch poffibly Præp preferved preſent reaſon refpecting repreſented reſemblance Saturn Scripture SECT ſeems ſhall ſpeaking ſtate Tacitus thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tradition truth univerfal uſe waters whole worſhip γαρ δε εν επι και μεν οἱ τε τοις ὡς
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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.