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... offering one or two remarks on some in- advertencies in the translation , which have partly contributed to this absurd notion . We shall be borne out in the criticisms by every Hebrew lexicon . The word translated ' placed , ' is ...
... offering one or two remarks on some in- advertencies in the translation , which have partly contributed to this absurd notion . We shall be borne out in the criticisms by every Hebrew lexicon . The word translated ' placed , ' is ...
Page 117
... They are thus re- corded : : - ' And it came to pass , that on the appointed days Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord . ' And Abel he also brought of the firstlings of THE FERFECT IN THEIR GENERATIONS . 117.
... They are thus re- corded : : - ' And it came to pass , that on the appointed days Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord . ' And Abel he also brought of the firstlings of THE FERFECT IN THEIR GENERATIONS . 117.
Page 118
... offering either grudgingly or of necessity , or under any kind of bad disposition . It was not until his offering was rejected , that ' his countenance fell : This expression seems rather to intimate that he 118 CHAPTER IX .
... offering either grudgingly or of necessity , or under any kind of bad disposition . It was not until his offering was rejected , that ' his countenance fell : This expression seems rather to intimate that he 118 CHAPTER IX .
Page 119
... offering - no re- spect to something not seen ; and ' without faith it is impossible to please God . ' Therefore , to ' Cain and his offering God had not respect . ' Abel draws near , but with what ? WITH THE SAME OFFERINGS WHICH WERE ...
... offering - no re- spect to something not seen ; and ' without faith it is impossible to please God . ' Therefore , to ' Cain and his offering God had not respect . ' Abel draws near , but with what ? WITH THE SAME OFFERINGS WHICH WERE ...
Page 120
... offering seems to have been a voluntary act . In this case , the nature of their faith would be plainly indicated by the nature of their respective offerings . Cain's offering , as we have REESE LIBRARY $ 121 THE PERFECT IN THEIR ...
... offering seems to have been a voluntary act . In this case , the nature of their faith would be plainly indicated by the nature of their respective offerings . Cain's offering , as we have REESE LIBRARY $ 121 THE PERFECT IN THEIR ...
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Page 204 - Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers...
Page 224 - Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire ? They answered and said unto the king, True, 0 king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt ; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 338 - Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord ; and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you : whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Page 303 - O fools, and slow of heart, to believe all that the prophets have spoken ! Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory ? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them, in all the Scriptures, the things concerning himself.
Page 215 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel : For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Page 258 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? "For the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Page 341 - And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.
Page 166 - For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Page 121 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Page 233 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, That the everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary ? There is no searching of his understanding.