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... became reli- gious . In other words , it is held that there is in hu- man nature an innate tendency to perfection , which has slowly , but surely , advanced the race from a sa- vage to a refined state , and that this tendency has ...
... became reli- gious . In other words , it is held that there is in hu- man nature an innate tendency to perfection , which has slowly , but surely , advanced the race from a sa- vage to a refined state , and that this tendency has ...
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... became immediately divided , leaving a dry space walled in on either side by the waters ; that through this space the Israelites marched in perfect security ; while the Egyptians , plunging in after them , were , upon the arrival of the ...
... became immediately divided , leaving a dry space walled in on either side by the waters ; that through this space the Israelites marched in perfect security ; while the Egyptians , plunging in after them , were , upon the arrival of the ...
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... became a great light - bearer , or light - dispenser , immediately and directly ; whereas the moon , though an opaque body , acted a similar part towards this earth by reflection . With respect again to the phrase , " and he made the ...
... became a great light - bearer , or light - dispenser , immediately and directly ; whereas the moon , though an opaque body , acted a similar part towards this earth by reflection . With respect again to the phrase , " and he made the ...
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... became peopled with all manner of flying creatures , from the lordly eagle down to the delicate wren . Upon these , Almighty God poured forth his blessing , desiring them to be fruitful and multiply ; thus providing , as it were ...
... became peopled with all manner of flying creatures , from the lordly eagle down to the delicate wren . Upon these , Almighty God poured forth his blessing , desiring them to be fruitful and multiply ; thus providing , as it were ...
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... breathed into it the breath of life , that man became a living soul . Thus was the very body of man , that frail machine in which the invisible and restless soul is lodged , moulded and knit HISTORY OF THE BIBLE . 47.
... breathed into it the breath of life , that man became a living soul . Thus was the very body of man , that frail machine in which the invisible and restless soul is lodged , moulded and knit HISTORY OF THE BIBLE . 47.
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Page 180 - 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.
Page 73 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Page 52 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 153 - I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac ; the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it and to thy seed ; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south ; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 58 - Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Page 275 - Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
Page 169 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 280 - ... in their schools of philosophy. Accordingly there was a Presumption against chnst the Gospel in its first announcement. A Jewish peasant claimed to be the promised Deliverer, in whom all the nations of the Earth were to be blessed.
Page 58 - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children: and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Page 270 - Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.