The History of the Works of the Learned ..., Volume 11J. Robinson, 1742 Containing impartial accounts and accurate abstracts of the most valuable books published in Great Britain and foreign parts ... |
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... Evidence for its Support , that " it can reasonably be expected to have that it " is founded in the almoft univerfal Confent of the " whole learned World for above three thousand " Years , and that it was , in all Probability , origi ...
... Evidence for its Support , that " it can reasonably be expected to have that it " is founded in the almoft univerfal Confent of the " whole learned World for above three thousand " Years , and that it was , in all Probability , origi ...
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... Evidence on which the Greek Chronology was first established , Mr. Squire fays , " We can make it appear , that as far back as the Days of Cecrops , the utmoft Limit of their Chronology that he has " taken upon him to inquire into , the ...
... Evidence on which the Greek Chronology was first established , Mr. Squire fays , " We can make it appear , that as far back as the Days of Cecrops , the utmoft Limit of their Chronology that he has " taken upon him to inquire into , the ...
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... Evidence of its Credibility , and clearing it , as far as he was able , of all thofe Objections which feemed to be urged against it with the greateft Shew of Probability . In the Discourse now before us , our Author pro- pofes to ...
... Evidence of its Credibility , and clearing it , as far as he was able , of all thofe Objections which feemed to be urged against it with the greateft Shew of Probability . In the Discourse now before us , our Author pro- pofes to ...
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... Evidence of our Doctrine ; for can it be fuppofed , that he could have managed the Family and Affairs of the great Potiphar , foon after his Arrival into Egypt , if he had not very well under- stood the Language of the Country . So ...
... Evidence of our Doctrine ; for can it be fuppofed , that he could have managed the Family and Affairs of the great Potiphar , foon after his Arrival into Egypt , if he had not very well under- stood the Language of the Country . So ...
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Page 402 - For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Page 168 - Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Page 185 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 184 - And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof...
Page 178 - He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. 25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Page 404 - The Old Testament is not contrary to the New ; for both in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and Man, being both God and Man. Wherefore they are not to be heard, which feign, that the Old Fathers did look only for transitory Promises.
Page 269 - I resolved to take one trusty fellow with us, and with troopers' habits to go to the inn in Holborn ; which accordingly we did, and set our man at the gate of the inn, where the wicket only was open, to let people in and out. Our man was to give us notice when...
Page 255 - Romish church. Therefore, when Eckius was come within a league of Geneva, he left his retinue there, and went, accompanied but with one -man, to the city in the forenoon. Setting up his horses at an inn, he inquired where Calvin lived, which house being shown him, he knocked at the door, and Calvin himself came to open it to him.
Page 257 - Calvin desired to be excused : Eckius told him he gave it to buy books, as well as to express his respect for him. Calvin with much regret took the purse, and they proceeded to the church, where the syndics and officers waited upon them, at the sight of whom Eckius thought he had been betrayed, and whispered his thoughts in the ear of Calvin, who assured him of his safety.
Page 169 - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.