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... term to the Roman general Titus ; and Mr. B. Hooper believes that it refers to Herod . Amid such conflicting opinions , it is difficult to decide ; but we think the weight of evidence is in favour of Mahomet . As this is a point of some ...
... term to the Roman general Titus ; and Mr. B. Hooper believes that it refers to Herod . Amid such conflicting opinions , it is difficult to decide ; but we think the weight of evidence is in favour of Mahomet . As this is a point of some ...
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... term denoting " smiters , " and hence " ' slanderers . " [ Compare Jer . xviii . 18. ] The common meaning of the word in English is " one cast down , " or " without hope , " but it is not now used . ABLE . Dr. Johnson explains this word ...
... term denoting " smiters , " and hence " ' slanderers . " [ Compare Jer . xviii . 18. ] The common meaning of the word in English is " one cast down , " or " without hope , " but it is not now used . ABLE . Dr. Johnson explains this word ...
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... term applied to various feelings and emotions , more particularly to those of love , kind- ness , and desire . Affection is either natural or spiritual . Natural affection is that between parents and children , or between friends , or ...
... term applied to various feelings and emotions , more particularly to those of love , kind- ness , and desire . Affection is either natural or spiritual . Natural affection is that between parents and children , or between friends , or ...
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... terms , " For which I perform the functions of an ambassador in a chain ” ὑπὲρ οὗ πρεσβεύω ἐν ἁλύσει — an expression to ... term exceedingly appropriate to describe the duty xxi . 20 ] , where the twelfth foundation of the wall of of a ...
... terms , " For which I perform the functions of an ambassador in a chain ” ὑπὲρ οὗ πρεσβεύω ἐν ἁλύσει — an expression to ... term exceedingly appropriate to describe the duty xxi . 20 ] , where the twelfth foundation of the wall of of a ...
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... term or designation under which several tribes of the original inhabitants of Palestine seem to have been included . In the enumeration which is given in Numb . xiii . 29 , it is said , " the Amorites dwell in the mountains . " From ...
... term or designation under which several tribes of the original inhabitants of Palestine seem to have been included . In the enumeration which is given in Numb . xiii . 29 , it is said , " the Amorites dwell in the mountains . " From ...
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Page 255 - God, of one substance with the Father, took man's nature in the womb of the Blessed Virgin, of her substance : so that two whole and perfect natures — that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood — were joined together in one Person, never to be divided ; whereof is one Christ, very God and very Man...
Page 134 - ... and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 266 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 297 - ... all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. 3 And the king stood on the platform, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book : and all the people stood to the covenant.
Page 374 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Page 34 - Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
Page 89 - And the other books, (as Hierome saith,) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners ; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine.
Page 79 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren : and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
Page 6 - And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
Page 34 - And the people gave a shout, saying : — " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.