A Treatise on the Records of the Creation: And on the Moral Attributes of the Creator; with Particular Reference to the Jewish History, and to the Consistency of the Principle of Population with the Wisdom and Goodness of the Deity, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1818 |
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... appointed to nominate three Judges who should decide upon the comparative merits of the Treatises that might be laid before them , with sealed mottos , by the Ist of January 1814 . ; In this liberality the following Treatise originated ...
... appointed to nominate three Judges who should decide upon the comparative merits of the Treatises that might be laid before them , with sealed mottos , by the Ist of January 1814 . ; In this liberality the following Treatise originated ...
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... appointed , say the Jews themselves * , " that , having no other business , they might fasten in their minds the belief , that the world had a beginning ; which is a thread , that draws after it all the foundations of the law , or the ...
... appointed , say the Jews themselves * , " that , having no other business , they might fasten in their minds the belief , that the world had a beginning ; which is a thread , that draws after it all the foundations of the law , or the ...
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... appoint a polity , and institute a civil government , to honour the Creator , and commemorate the creation : or , had he divine commission to perpetuate the records of this fact among the Israelites ; and had they themselves such ...
... appoint a polity , and institute a civil government , to honour the Creator , and commemorate the creation : or , had he divine commission to perpetuate the records of this fact among the Israelites ; and had they themselves such ...
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... appointed , therefore , their sacrifices and altars , images and statues , commemorat- ing the benefits which each had bestowed on mankind ; prescribing the feasts which should be held to the several orders of gods , and what sort of ...
... appointed , therefore , their sacrifices and altars , images and statues , commemorat- ing the benefits which each had bestowed on mankind ; prescribing the feasts which should be held to the several orders of gods , and what sort of ...
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... appointed us laws , who superintends our observance of them this is the fundamental principle and the uniform language of the Hebrew code ; a language acknowledged , as it every where appears , by the hearts of the people , even while ...
... appointed us laws , who superintends our observance of them this is the fundamental principle and the uniform language of the Hebrew code ; a language acknowledged , as it every where appears , by the hearts of the people , even while ...
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Page 86 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Page 88 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 85 - Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Page 232 - Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
Page 109 - Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
Page 107 - People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that, is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 169 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me : I girded thee, though thou hast not known me : that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and •'/••.-• is none else. I form the light, and create darkness : I make peace, and create evil : I the LORD do all these things.
Page 89 - I go the way of all the earth : be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man ; and keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself...
Page 171 - This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth: 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death...
Page 265 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.