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... preceding , as the ag- gregate number of years in sacred Historic chronology from the creation , make up the 6000 years as the limits set by God to the duration of time ... Consequences , upon the paradventure of an error in the ...
... preceding , as the ag- gregate number of years in sacred Historic chronology from the creation , make up the 6000 years as the limits set by God to the duration of time ... Consequences , upon the paradventure of an error in the ...
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... preceding days , into natural day and night . Thenceforward , the di- urnal revolutions of the earth on its axis , and the lu- nar and solar revolutions of the sun and moon , estab- lished the divisions of time into days , months , and ...
... preceding days , into natural day and night . Thenceforward , the di- urnal revolutions of the earth on its axis , and the lu- nar and solar revolutions of the sun and moon , estab- lished the divisions of time into days , months , and ...
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... preceding page . As to the intermixtures of fossil stratification as given in Cuvier's table , placing fossil shells and corals IMMEDIATELY next to that of the primitive rock , they cannot be accounted for on the diluvian theory ' of ...
... preceding page . As to the intermixtures of fossil stratification as given in Cuvier's table , placing fossil shells and corals IMMEDIATELY next to that of the primitive rock , they cannot be accounted for on the diluvian theory ' of ...
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... preceding the deluge . The bones were carried into the cave , as food , by the hyenas ; the smaller ani- mals perhaps entire , the larger ones piecemeal : for by no other means could the bones of such large animals as the elephant ...
... preceding the deluge . The bones were carried into the cave , as food , by the hyenas ; the smaller ani- mals perhaps entire , the larger ones piecemeal : for by no other means could the bones of such large animals as the elephant ...
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... preceding days must have embraced a period of six thousand years . The result , therefore , of the principles of exposition adopted in this Treatise is , that besides the vast and indefinite period which we assign to the divine agency ...
... preceding days must have embraced a period of six thousand years . The result , therefore , of the principles of exposition adopted in this Treatise is , that besides the vast and indefinite period which we assign to the divine agency ...
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