Observations on divers passages of Scripture [by T. Harmer].1776 |
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... Houses and Cities . IV . The Diet of it's Inhabitants , & c . V. Their Manner of Travelling . THE SECOND EDITION , Corrected with Care , and enlarged with many new Obfervations : Numbers of them taken from fome MS . Papers of the ...
... Houses and Cities . IV . The Diet of it's Inhabitants , & c . V. Their Manner of Travelling . THE SECOND EDITION , Corrected with Care , and enlarged with many new Obfervations : Numbers of them taken from fome MS . Papers of the ...
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... house of God , " fays the sacred histo- rian , " trembling because of this matter , and " for the great rain . " Ezra x . 9 . St. Jerome himself , elsewhere , fupposes the cold of that country to be frequently too fevere , to be borne ...
... house of God , " fays the sacred histo- rian , " trembling because of this matter , and " for the great rain . " Ezra x . 9 . St. Jerome himself , elsewhere , fupposes the cold of that country to be frequently too fevere , to be borne ...
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... house , when he made him this vifit on the 29th or 30th of December 3 . The explanation of those commentators then must appear fomething like imperti- nence , who make their talking of Ezekiel by the walls , and in the doors of their houses ...
... house , when he made him this vifit on the 29th or 30th of December 3 . The explanation of those commentators then must appear fomething like imperti- nence , who make their talking of Ezekiel by the walls , and in the doors of their houses ...
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... house , in the ninth month ( which answers to the latter end of November and part of December ) with a fire burning upon the hearth before him , Jer . 36. 22 . This an- fwers Ruffell's account , who fays the most de- licate make no ...
... house , in the ninth month ( which answers to the latter end of November and part of December ) with a fire burning upon the hearth before him , Jer . 36. 22 . This an- fwers Ruffell's account , who fays the most de- licate make no ...
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... , not only afford much pleasure by their fongs in the gardens , but are alfo kept tame in the houses , and let out at a S P. 13 . a P. 71 . 5 fmall fmall rate to divert fuch as choose it in the 30 Concerning the Weather.
... , not only afford much pleasure by their fongs in the gardens , but are alfo kept tame in the houses , and let out at a S P. 13 . a P. 71 . 5 fmall fmall rate to divert fuch as choose it in the 30 Concerning the Weather.
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Page 291 - So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
Page 259 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, To set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory, For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, And he hath set the world upon them.
Page 23 - Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another; and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Page 227 - Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Page 59 - And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night : for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Page 290 - The people are yet too many ; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there : and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee ; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
Page 40 - I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Page 312 - Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, and shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts ; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again : and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
Page 23 - Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord.
Page 126 - And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me : and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.