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... existence of a God or gods , did not also believe that some direct commerce sub- sisted between God and man . Hence it is that all popular religions , the most abominable as well as the most pure , have been said by their votaries to ...
... existence of a God or gods , did not also believe that some direct commerce sub- sisted between God and man . Hence it is that all popular religions , the most abominable as well as the most pure , have been said by their votaries to ...
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... existence , power , and moral attributes of God . Let the condition of man , as he came from the hands of his Maker , be duly considered . Is it conceivable , that a solitary pair of creatures , or several pairs of creatures , called ...
... existence , power , and moral attributes of God . Let the condition of man , as he came from the hands of his Maker , be duly considered . Is it conceivable , that a solitary pair of creatures , or several pairs of creatures , called ...
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... existence of God or gods , and 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 ...
... existence of God or gods , and 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 ...
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... existence prio . to the forgery . It is farther asserted , that they con- tain not only a history of certain miracles wrought by their author , but the statutes , or municipal law of the land , with which the people were required to ...
... existence prio . to the forgery . It is farther asserted , that they con- tain not only a history of certain miracles wrought by their author , but the statutes , or municipal law of the land , with which the people were required to ...
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... existence previous to the publi- cation of the Books of Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers , and Deuteronomy , it was not till these books ap- peared , that so much as one of them was traced back to its source , or attributed to any distinct ...
... existence previous to the publi- cation of the Books of Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers , and Deuteronomy , it was not till these books ap- peared , that so much as one of them was traced back to its source , or attributed to any distinct ...
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Page 178 - 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 71 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Page 50 - 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 52 - And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Page 151 - 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...
Page 273 - 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 167 - 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 278 - ... 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 268 - 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.
Page 268 - And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur that is over against Egypt. And he took Agag, the king of the Amalekites alive and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fatlings and the lambs and all that was good and would not utterly destroy them. But every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.