The Holy Bible Explained; Or, The Old and New Testament Digested and Illustrated, by Way of Question and Answer: In which the Principal Controverted Points are Considered, and the Connection of Sacred and Prophane History Preserved |
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... ment . The reign of Joash in Israel , and his success against the Syri- ans . Amaziah succeeds Jehosh in Judah ; reduces the Edomites ; attacks the Israelites , but routed by their king . His restoration , idola- try , and murder . The ...
... ment . The reign of Joash in Israel , and his success against the Syri- ans . Amaziah succeeds Jehosh in Judah ; reduces the Edomites ; attacks the Israelites , but routed by their king . His restoration , idola- try , and murder . The ...
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... ment ; which he , in a particular man- ner , also testified in the name of his son Lamech . This Mathuselah is generally called the oldest man , ha- ving lived 969 years . Lamech called his son , Noah , which some interpret a comforter ...
... ment ; which he , in a particular man- ner , also testified in the name of his son Lamech . This Mathuselah is generally called the oldest man , ha- ving lived 969 years . Lamech called his son , Noah , which some interpret a comforter ...
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... ment for 120 years , allowing them this space for repentance and ameud- ment of life . But at last he saw it in vain to use any farther methods of mercy , or monitions of provi- dence with man , who was now en- tirely given up to all ...
... ment for 120 years , allowing them this space for repentance and ameud- ment of life . But at last he saw it in vain to use any farther methods of mercy , or monitions of provi- dence with man , who was now en- tirely given up to all ...
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... ment for the sins of mankind , and had relation to Christ the promised seed , must certainly have been in- stituted by God , and by him com- manded to be offered . Again , there was a divine promise concerning the Nessiah , and several ...
... ment for the sins of mankind , and had relation to Christ the promised seed , must certainly have been in- stituted by God , and by him com- manded to be offered . Again , there was a divine promise concerning the Nessiah , and several ...
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... ment of the most ancient heathen authors , who assert , that in the first ages of the world , men lived a thou- sand years . And here I cannot pass over the just observation of a learned com- mentator , That the ages of men were cut ...
... ment of the most ancient heathen authors , who assert , that in the first ages of the world , men lived a thou- sand years . And here I cannot pass over the just observation of a learned com- mentator , That the ages of men were cut ...
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Page 66 - Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed...
Page 415 - When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 269 - ... he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the Wild asses ; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of Heaven, till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it Whomsoever he will.
Page 409 - And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on Him, saying, If Thou be CHRIST, save Thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear GOD, seeing thou art in the same condemnation ? And we indeed justly ; for we receive the due reward of our deeds : but This Man hath done nothing amiss.
Page 391 - But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Page 373 - When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Page 28 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life...
Page 277 - And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour...
Page 157 - And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. •"l will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee. '°By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Page 66 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.