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Page 43
... stones and coals of fire . Psalms , xviii . 11 , 13 . so much the fear Of thunder and the sword of Michael . One of the chiefs of the celestial army , against the revolting angels . An archangel . 299 Which when Beelzebub . 305 327 352 ...
... stones and coals of fire . Psalms , xviii . 11 , 13 . so much the fear Of thunder and the sword of Michael . One of the chiefs of the celestial army , against the revolting angels . An archangel . 299 Which when Beelzebub . 305 327 352 ...
Page 47
... stones who looked at them . as once it fled The lips of Tantalus . A king of Lydia : he is represented , by the poets , as punished in the lower regions , with an insatiable thirst , and placed to the chin in water , which flows away as ...
... stones who looked at them . as once it fled The lips of Tantalus . A king of Lydia : he is represented , by the poets , as punished in the lower regions , with an insatiable thirst , and placed to the chin in water , which flows away as ...
Page 56
... stone , almost of all colours ; said to be good for the eyes ; the floors of heaven were said to be paved with such shining stones . 1050 Of living sapphire . A clear , hard and precious stone , of the colour of the sky , with sparkles ...
... stone , almost of all colours ; said to be good for the eyes ; the floors of heaven were said to be paved with such shining stones . 1050 Of living sapphire . A clear , hard and precious stone , of the colour of the sky , with sparkles ...
Page 73
... stone of a green colour transparent with red veins of great value . It was the last of the precious stones in the fourth row of the High Priest's breast plate , upon which the name of Benjamin was engraved . Exod . xxviii . 20 . 365 ...
... stone of a green colour transparent with red veins of great value . It was the last of the precious stones in the fourth row of the High Priest's breast plate , upon which the name of Benjamin was engraved . Exod . xxviii . 20 . 365 ...
Page 81
... stone for his pillow , in a place called Luz , where his mental eye was favoured with a remarkable vision . A ladder was set upon the earth , the top of which reached to heaven , and the Angels of God ascended and descended upon it ...
... stone for his pillow , in a place called Luz , where his mental eye was favoured with a remarkable vision . A ladder was set upon the earth , the top of which reached to heaven , and the Angels of God ascended and descended upon it ...
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