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And if he do ( sb ) the worship of a trinityø must needs give place to the adoration
of him , aith whom , the patriarchs communed - by whom , the prophets spake +
whom the Messiah worshiped to whom the Apostle bowed the kneesdeven the ...
And if he do ( sb ) the worship of a trinityø must needs give place to the adoration
of him , aith whom , the patriarchs communed - by whom , the prophets spake +
whom the Messiah worshiped to whom the Apostle bowed the kneesdeven the ...
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The testimony of the heathen satirist is remarkable , inasinuch as it gives a
characteristic description of - the Jew in his firm adherence to the commands and
rites of the Mosaic law , and to the worship of the one living and invisible God .
The testimony of the heathen satirist is remarkable , inasinuch as it gives a
characteristic description of - the Jew in his firm adherence to the commands and
rites of the Mosaic law , and to the worship of the one living and invisible God .
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Our Roman customs they contemn and jeer , Bat learn and keep their country
rites with fear . That worship only they in rev ' rence have , Which in dark volames
their great Moses gave . ' Dryden ' s Juvenal , Sat . 14 . * * * From heathen ; let us
...
Our Roman customs they contemn and jeer , Bat learn and keep their country
rites with fear . That worship only they in rev ' rence have , Which in dark volames
their great Moses gave . ' Dryden ' s Juvenal , Sat . 14 . * * * From heathen ; let us
...
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... when weak princes swayed the sceptre of this monarch , we still hear of some
comparatively small remains of the ancient riches of Judea , in the superb
vessels of the temple , which were used in the worship of God , but Tyre had
engrossed ...
... when weak princes swayed the sceptre of this monarch , we still hear of some
comparatively small remains of the ancient riches of Judea , in the superb
vessels of the temple , which were used in the worship of God , but Tyre had
engrossed ...
Page 116
Take good heed unto yourselves lest ye lift up your eyes unto heaven , and when
ye see the sun , and the moon , and the stars , even all the host of heaven , ye
should be driven to worship them and serve them . This is a feature peculiar to
the ...
Take good heed unto yourselves lest ye lift up your eyes unto heaven , and when
ye see the sun , and the moon , and the stars , even all the host of heaven , ye
should be driven to worship them and serve them . This is a feature peculiar to
the ...
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Page 105 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands...
Page 365 - Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands...
Page 244 - 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.
Page 314 - Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Page 90 - And the people spake against God, and against Moses. Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Page 86 - So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Page 113 - MAKE a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness : Come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God : It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves ; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Page 93 - For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram : once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Page 114 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.
Page 88 - At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. 13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
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| Title | Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity, with an introductory lecture on religion in general, and one on the authenticity of the Jewish scriptures, etc |
| Author | Robert Cree |
| Publisher | Sherwood & Company, 1827 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 22 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 402 pages |
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