Lectures on Scripture FactsSamuel T. Armstrong, 1813 - 436 pages |
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... sacred history . But if they borrowed them from Moses , two points are gained on our part . It is proved , on this principle , that such a man as Moses did really exist ; that his writings were then extant ; that they were in substance ...
... sacred history . But if they borrowed them from Moses , two points are gained on our part . It is proved , on this principle , that such a man as Moses did really exist ; that his writings were then extant ; that they were in substance ...
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... sacred writer , extended themselves over the face of the earth . Is he singular in this declar- ation ? Who that has read the records of antiquity , may ' See Doddridge's Lectures , Part vi , Prop . cix , & c . p . 293 , §5 , 4to . edit ...
... sacred writer , extended themselves over the face of the earth . Is he singular in this declar- ation ? Who that has read the records of antiquity , may ' See Doddridge's Lectures , Part vi , Prop . cix , & c . p . 293 , §5 , 4to . edit ...
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... sacred books , the history of the universal deluge ; which took place long before the partial inundations known to the Grecians . " There is another remarkable coinci- dence and correspondence with the Mosaic account : the very day ...
... sacred books , the history of the universal deluge ; which took place long before the partial inundations known to the Grecians . " There is another remarkable coinci- dence and correspondence with the Mosaic account : the very day ...
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... sacred historian deduces them : " the fountains of the great deep . were broken up ; and the windows of heaven were opened . " The proportion of water necessary to constitute an universal deluge , has been by some esti- 91.
... sacred historian deduces them : " the fountains of the great deep . were broken up ; and the windows of heaven were opened . " The proportion of water necessary to constitute an universal deluge , has been by some esti- 91.
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... sacred writer is consistent with himself . He repre- sents the earth originally covered , in its unformed state , with water , till the voice of God said , " Let the See note 6 , to this Lecture at the end of the volume , † See note 7 ...
... sacred writer is consistent with himself . He repre- sents the earth originally covered , in its unformed state , with water , till the voice of God said , " Let the See note 6 , to this Lecture at the end of the volume , † See note 7 ...
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Page 133 - Then the Lord rained upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 267 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
Page 75 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 128 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 350 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory: The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in.
Page 39 - Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work...
Page 188 - The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 149 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Page 366 - Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations...
Page 294 - But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.