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Page ix
... given , which we divide } into two parts ... The necessity of fixing upon a criterion of measurement of time , the questions , are the years in sacred time , historic and pro- ; phetic , the same ? Does time , as measured by sacred ...
... given , which we divide } into two parts ... The necessity of fixing upon a criterion of measurement of time , the questions , are the years in sacred time , historic and pro- ; phetic , the same ? Does time , as measured by sacred ...
Page xv
... given by Moses , of the second- and the denial of the authenticity of the Sacred Records , of the third . This part of the volume , contained in the " Introductory Essay , " will , we trust , be found particularly serviceable to those ...
... given by Moses , of the second- and the denial of the authenticity of the Sacred Records , of the third . This part of the volume , contained in the " Introductory Essay , " will , we trust , be found particularly serviceable to those ...
Page xvi
... given in the first chapter of Genesis " To test the validity of this claim , we undertook the task of a classification of the Mosaic cosmogony of the creation , with the series of strata as given in the geo- logical table of Cuvier ...
... given in the first chapter of Genesis " To test the validity of this claim , we undertook the task of a classification of the Mosaic cosmogony of the creation , with the series of strata as given in the geo- logical table of Cuvier ...
Page xxiii
... given by Moses . That our distribution of periods as above , into inde- finite and definite , are generally adopted by geologists , we do not pretend . We invite an examination of our Scriptural argument in support of the latter . Of ...
... given by Moses . That our distribution of periods as above , into inde- finite and definite , are generally adopted by geologists , we do not pretend . We invite an examination of our Scriptural argument in support of the latter . Of ...
Page xxv
... tween the two advents ; nor , during the life - time of our Redeemer , receiving any definite replies in answer to their frequent inquiries respecting this point . -- 291 That additional light , however , was given to PREFACE . XXV.
... tween the two advents ; nor , during the life - time of our Redeemer , receiving any definite replies in answer to their frequent inquiries respecting this point . -- 291 That additional light , however , was given to PREFACE . XXV.
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