The Sacred and Prophane History of the World Connected: From the Creation of the World to the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire at the Death of Sardanapalus, and to the Declension of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, Under the Reigns of Ahaz and PekahJ. and R. Tonson, 1743 - 4 pages |
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... settled for a Year , almost two Cen- turies before the Times of Eudoxus , or Plato . Thales's Correction was not imme- diately received all over Greece , for Solon in the time of Crafus King of Lydia was ignorant of it ( b ) . ( a ) ...
... settled for a Year , almost two Cen- turies before the Times of Eudoxus , or Plato . Thales's Correction was not imme- diately received all over Greece , for Solon in the time of Crafus King of Lydia was ignorant of it ( b ) . ( a ) ...
Page xxii
... settled " But the Son of Thabio , one of the firft < c cr Interpreters of the Sacra of the Phæni- " cians , by his Comments and Interpreta- " tions , filled thefe Records full of Alle- gory , and mixed his Phyfiological Phi- lofophy ...
... settled " But the Son of Thabio , one of the firft < c cr Interpreters of the Sacra of the Phæni- " cians , by his Comments and Interpreta- " tions , filled thefe Records full of Alle- gory , and mixed his Phyfiological Phi- lofophy ...
Page xxxi
... settled near 1500 Years before his Reign ; and thus Ctefias's Account is , as to the Substance of it , confirmed by very good Authorities . The Scriptures fhew us that there was such an Interval between the first Affyrian King and ...
... settled near 1500 Years before his Reign ; and thus Ctefias's Account is , as to the Substance of it , confirmed by very good Authorities . The Scriptures fhew us that there was such an Interval between the first Affyrian King and ...
Page 100
... Settlement under Targi- taus to be not above an hundred Years before Darius's repelling the Scythians who had invaded his Provinces , i . e , about A. M. 3400 ; fo late , ( d ) that they thought themselves the most recent Nation in the ...
... Settlement under Targi- taus to be not above an hundred Years before Darius's repelling the Scythians who had invaded his Provinces , i . e , about A. M. 3400 ; fo late , ( d ) that they thought themselves the most recent Nation in the ...
Page 102
... Settlement . The First King of China was Fobi ; and as I have before obferved that Fobi and Noah were Cotemporaries , at least , so there are many Reasons from the Chinese Traditions con- cerning Fobi , to think him and Noah the fame ...
... Settlement . The First King of China was Fobi ; and as I have before obferved that Fobi and Noah were Cotemporaries , at least , so there are many Reasons from the Chinese Traditions con- cerning Fobi , to think him and Noah the fame ...
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Page 69 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Page 286 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 285 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
Page 283 - And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Page 80 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 286 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Page 286 - And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Page 72 - For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of 'Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices : but this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Page 80 - And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood ; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Page 72 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.