Lectures on the four last books of the Pentateuch1829 |
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Page vii
... believe the sacred history to be false , than those who admit it to be true , and that sound reason and philosophy , far from being opposed to religious faith , in reality coalesce with and support it . In what I have now said , I beg ...
... believe the sacred history to be false , than those who admit it to be true , and that sound reason and philosophy , far from being opposed to religious faith , in reality coalesce with and support it . In what I have now said , I beg ...
Page xvi
... believe there is now no material difference of opinion among naturalists ; it is supported by phenomena which carry with them decisive conviction . I will not presume to say that the formation of the earth , from the primitive chaos to ...
... believe there is now no material difference of opinion among naturalists ; it is supported by phenomena which carry with them decisive conviction . I will not presume to say that the formation of the earth , from the primitive chaos to ...
Page 3
... believe that the Pentateuch was not first compiled after the Babylonish Captivity , from the indistinct traditions of the history of the Jewish nation , which , in an absence of seventy years from their country , may perhaps have lost ...
... believe that the Pentateuch was not first compiled after the Babylonish Captivity , from the indistinct traditions of the history of the Jewish nation , which , in an absence of seventy years from their country , may perhaps have lost ...
Page 16
... believe that the Pentateuch was admitted as the true system of the Mosaic Law at the close of that period , no possible æra during its continuance can be pointed out , at which the fabrication of such a code may be supposed probable or ...
... believe that the Pentateuch was admitted as the true system of the Mosaic Law at the close of that period , no possible æra during its continuance can be pointed out , at which the fabrication of such a code may be supposed probable or ...
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... believe that these facts were not true , and yet that the Jewish nation should have universally received them as such ? Let it be remembered that this history does not recount the origin and growth of an infant colony , or the ...
... believe that these facts were not true , and yet that the Jewish nation should have universally received them as such ? Let it be remembered that this history does not recount the origin and growth of an infant colony , or the ...
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Aaron Abraham amongst Amorites apostacy appears attention authority blessed Canaan Canaanites captivity character Children of Israel Christian circumstances command covenant crimes death declaration deliverance Deut dispensation divine original earth Egypt Egyptians established Exod extraordinary providence facts fathers future gods Gospel hath heaven Hebrew holy human Ibid idolatry instance interposition Israelites Jehovah Jeroboam Jewish Law Jewish Lawgiver Jewish nation Jews Josephus Joshua Judah Judaism judge king Korah land legislator Levites Lord thy magicians Maimonides manner mercy miracles moral Mosaic Law Moses narrative nature Numbers object observes passage peculiar Pentateuch period Pharaoh plagues of Egypt preserved priests principles promised promulgated proof prophecy Prophet prove punishment Red Sea religion religious remarkable Revelation rites ritual sacred sacrifices sanction says scheme Scripture sect thee thing thou shalt tion tribes true truth unto verse Vide Warburton whole words worship writer Zoroaster
Popular passages
Page 480 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 339 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 293 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 354 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight : I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron...
Page 104 - And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Page 374 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 357 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh...
Page 423 - Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the Name of the LORD thy GOD, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He hath glorified thee.
Page 404 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth...
Page 358 - And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.