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... stars are large , vacant places in space , in which no material existence can be detected . What is called the “ Milky Way , ” with all the larger stars , constitutes the cluster to which our world belongs . man . CREATION OF THE WORLD .
... stars are large , vacant places in space , in which no material existence can be detected . What is called the “ Milky Way , ” with all the larger stars , constitutes the cluster to which our world belongs . man . CREATION OF THE WORLD .
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... called one generation , which in postdiluvian times is far more rapid than the average , at the end of one hundred and sixty years from the creation there would have been four human beings on the earth ; at the year 320 there would have ...
... called one generation , which in postdiluvian times is far more rapid than the average , at the end of one hundred and sixty years from the creation there would have been four human beings on the earth ; at the year 320 there would have ...
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... called a popular sense , and not with that accuracy sought in scientific and legal writings . In Genesis xli , 56 , we read , “ And the famine was over all the face of the earth . ” Could a more general term be employed than this ...
... called a popular sense , and not with that accuracy sought in scientific and legal writings . In Genesis xli , 56 , we read , “ And the famine was over all the face of the earth . ” Could a more general term be employed than this ...
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... have affirmed that the deluge was occasioned by the wickedness of a person Berosus , as quoted by Eusebius , in Praep . Evangel . , lib . ix , c . xii . called Malsus ; and the Persians now pretend to designate 46 THE YOUNG MAN ADVISED .
... have affirmed that the deluge was occasioned by the wickedness of a person Berosus , as quoted by Eusebius , in Praep . Evangel . , lib . ix , c . xii . called Malsus ; and the Persians now pretend to designate 46 THE YOUNG MAN ADVISED .
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Erastus Otis Haven. called Malsus ; and the Persians now pretend to designate a place where the waters gushed from the earth . * A poem , called Bagavat , written in the language of Hindostan , centuries before Christ , has a similar ...
Erastus Otis Haven. called Malsus ; and the Persians now pretend to designate a place where the waters gushed from the earth . * A poem , called Bagavat , written in the language of Hindostan , centuries before Christ , has a similar ...
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Page 169 - But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...
Page 213 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 91 - Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Page 159 - Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power : unstable as water, thou shalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch.
Page 160 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united...
Page 238 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind...
Page 106 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 27 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 303 - HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Page 153 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.