On the Relation Between the Holy Scriptures and Some of Geological ScienceD. Appleton, 1840 - 364 pages |
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... passages , that it would have been a wrong to the subject and to the reader to have withheld them . Another circumstance proves their importance and even necessity . The facts which are the basis of geological reasonings can be known to ...
... passages , that it would have been a wrong to the subject and to the reader to have withheld them . Another circumstance proves their importance and even necessity . The facts which are the basis of geological reasonings can be known to ...
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... passages which we hence obtain , take nothing from us in any other respect , but add mate- rially to the proofs and the right understanding of the whole system of revelation . The more firmly we stand upon the rock of evidence , the ...
... passages which we hence obtain , take nothing from us in any other respect , but add mate- rially to the proofs and the right understanding of the whole system of revelation . The more firmly we stand upon the rock of evidence , the ...
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... passages ; but they will represent , without perversion or exaggera- tion , the meaning and design of the continuous pages . Certain English authors are those referred to , but their names need not be introduced . The hypotheses of ...
... passages ; but they will represent , without perversion or exaggera- tion , the meaning and design of the continuous pages . Certain English authors are those referred to , but their names need not be introduced . The hypotheses of ...
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... passage , conspicuous for the beauty of its language and the justness of its reasoning , from one of the ornaments ... passages from p . 108 to 114 ; 1837 . more false in itself , or more dishonourable to the 4.
... passage , conspicuous for the beauty of its language and the justness of its reasoning , from one of the ornaments ... passages from p . 108 to 114 ; 1837 . more false in itself , or more dishonourable to the 4.
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... of authority among them as to the age of the world ; and Cuvier , with * Discourse on the Studies of the University of Cambridge ; passages from p . 148 to 152 ; 1834 . his catastrophes and his epochs , leaves the popular opin-
... of authority among them as to the age of the world ; and Cuvier , with * Discourse on the Studies of the University of Cambridge ; passages from p . 148 to 152 ; 1834 . his catastrophes and his epochs , leaves the popular opin-
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Page 223 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured ; coals were kindled by it.
Page 89 - And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 257 - God is not a man, that he should lie; Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good ? Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed ; and I cannot reverse it.
Page 286 - For this cause also thank we GOD without ceasing, because when ye received the Word of GOD, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of man, but as it is in truth, the Word of GOD, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 211 - And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Page 91 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Page 322 - And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: And I will declare thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, And shall sing of thy righteousness.
Page 221 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son : that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 247 - Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
Page 91 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.