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... rest , to be considered of seriously and judiciously , for his Majesty is very careful on this point . 10. If any company , upon the review of the book so sent , shall doubt or differ upon any places , to send them word thereof , note ...
... rest , to be considered of seriously and judiciously , for his Majesty is very careful on this point . 10. If any company , upon the review of the book so sent , shall doubt or differ upon any places , to send them word thereof , note ...
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... rest holding in their hands some Bible , either of the learned tongues , or French , Spanish , Italian , & c . If they found any fault they spoke , if not , he read on . " The first Bible ever printed was a Latin one , without date or ...
... rest holding in their hands some Bible , either of the learned tongues , or French , Spanish , Italian , & c . If they found any fault they spoke , if not , he read on . " The first Bible ever printed was a Latin one , without date or ...
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... rest of the Old Testament by Coverdale . whole New Testament is Tyndal's . " But from the collation of Lewis , it is evident that Coverdale corrected Tyndal's translation . Fulke ( Defence of the English Translation of the Bible ) ...
... rest of the Old Testament by Coverdale . whole New Testament is Tyndal's . " But from the collation of Lewis , it is evident that Coverdale corrected Tyndal's translation . Fulke ( Defence of the English Translation of the Bible ) ...
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... rest ; but it may be proper at this stage to ask the reader who demurs to this conclusion , to go back upon our previous remarks on some of the popular objections to the science . On the other hand , the popular be- lief relative to the ...
... rest ; but it may be proper at this stage to ask the reader who demurs to this conclusion , to go back upon our previous remarks on some of the popular objections to the science . On the other hand , the popular be- lief relative to the ...
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... rests . " Justin Martyr , who flourished in the same century , speaks of " that end projecting from the middle ( of the upright post ) like a horn , on which crucified persons are seated . " We may further quote from Tertullian : " A ...
... rests . " Justin Martyr , who flourished in the same century , speaks of " that end projecting from the middle ( of the upright post ) like a horn , on which crucified persons are seated . " We may further quote from Tertullian : " A ...
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Page 31 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 251 - But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord : thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Page 203 - And there was a great famine in Samaria : and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
Page 7 - And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
Page 28 - All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 250 - Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Page 244 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it; thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 268 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Page 31 - ... For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?