The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar |
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... Genesis and ending with Revela- tion ( which by the bye is a book of riddles that requires a revela- tion to explain it ) are , we are told , the word of God . It is , there- fore , proper for us to know who told us so , that we may ...
... Genesis and ending with Revela- tion ( which by the bye is a book of riddles that requires a revela- tion to explain it ) are , we are told , the word of God . It is , there- fore , proper for us to know who told us so , that we may ...
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... Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers , and Deu- teronomy . My intention is to show that those books are spuri- ous , and that Moses is not the author of them ; and still further , that they were not written in the time of Moses , nor ...
... Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers , and Deu- teronomy . My intention is to show that those books are spuri- ous , and that Moses is not the author of them ; and still further , that they were not written in the time of Moses , nor ...
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... Genesis . In the 14th chapter of Gen- esis , the writer gives an account of Lot being taken prisoner in a battle between the four kings against five , and carried off ; and that when the account of Lot being taken , came to Abraham , he ...
... Genesis . In the 14th chapter of Gen- esis , the writer gives an account of Lot being taken prisoner in a battle between the four kings against five , and carried off ; and that when the account of Lot being taken , came to Abraham , he ...
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... Genesis , where this account of pursuing them unto Dan is given . The place that is called Dan in the Bible was originally a town of the Gentiles , called Laish ; and when the tribe of Dan seized upon this town , they changed its name ...
... Genesis , where this account of pursuing them unto Dan is given . The place that is called Dan in the Bible was originally a town of the Gentiles , called Laish ; and when the tribe of Dan seized upon this town , they changed its name ...
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... Genesis is anony- mous and without authority . I proceed now to state another.point of historical and chrono- logical evidence , and to show therefrom , as in the preceding case , that Moses is not the author of the book of Genesis . In ...
... Genesis is anony- mous and without authority . I proceed now to state another.point of historical and chrono- logical evidence , and to show therefrom , as in the preceding case , that Moses is not the author of the book of Genesis . In ...
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Page 221 - He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and -the isles shall wait for his law.
Page 165 - And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Page 210 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Page 165 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air ; and brought them unto Adam, to see what he would call them : and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 245 - Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge — There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard — Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 227 - And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Page 176 - And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them...
Page 338 - And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
Page 130 - And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
Page 165 - And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.