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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... been nearly of the fame length . On thefe accounts , neither the form of fer- mons has been adopted , nor is it wifhed that the following difquifitions fhould be called called by the name , or confidered in the light PREFACE .
... been nearly of the fame length . On thefe accounts , neither the form of fer- mons has been adopted , nor is it wifhed that the following difquifitions fhould be called called by the name , or confidered in the light PREFACE .
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... Yea George Stanley Faber. called by the name , or confidered in the light of fermons ; fince they are totally diffimilar to that fpecies of compofition . May 18 , 1801 . CON- } CONTENTS OF VOL . I. BOOK I. A VIEW PREFACE . XV.
... Yea George Stanley Faber. called by the name , or confidered in the light of fermons ; fince they are totally diffimilar to that fpecies of compofition . May 18 , 1801 . CON- } CONTENTS OF VOL . I. BOOK I. A VIEW PREFACE . XV.
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... foon disturbed by the wickedness of Ham . His unworthy treatment of his aged father called down a curfe upon the head of Canaan , while the piety of Shem and and Japhet procured a prophetic bleffing CHAP . for their 16 HORÆ MOSAICÆ .
... foon disturbed by the wickedness of Ham . His unworthy treatment of his aged father called down a curfe upon the head of Canaan , while the piety of Shem and and Japhet procured a prophetic bleffing CHAP . for their 16 HORÆ MOSAICÆ .
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... called the starry host into existence . As for the hu- man species , it was formed , by other infe- rior deities , out of the duft of the earth , and the water of the ocean personified under the mythological character of Omo- roca ...
... called the starry host into existence . As for the hu- man species , it was formed , by other infe- rior deities , out of the duft of the earth , and the water of the ocean personified under the mythological character of Omo- roca ...
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... called Muth by the Egyptians , because it was conceived to be the parent of the earth : and , in a fimilar manner , Jamblicus , in his book concerning the E- gyptian mysteries , afferts , that by the word Muth the Phenicians understood ...
... called Muth by the Egyptians , because it was conceived to be the parent of the earth : and , in a fimilar manner , Jamblicus , in his book concerning the E- gyptian mysteries , afferts , that by the word Muth the Phenicians understood ...
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Abydenus afferts againſt alfo almoſt alſo anceſtors ancient Apollodorus appears Atargatis Babel becauſe cauſe CHAP Chineſe Chriftian circumſtance cofmogony confequently confiderable darkneſs defcendants defcribed deity deluge Deucalion Diodorus Siculus divine earth Egypt Egyptians eſtabliſh exiſtence facred facrifice faid fame fays 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 obfcurity obferved Ofiris paffage Pagan Patriarch Pentateuch perfon Plagues of Egypt Plutarch poffibly Præp prefent preferved reaſon refemblance refpecting reprefented Saturn Scripture SECT ſeems ſhall ſpeak ſtate Tacitus thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tradition truth univerfal uſe waters whole worſhip γαρ δε εις εν επι και μεν οἱ τε ὡς
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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 are full of blood.
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.
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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.
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