An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With an Appendix, Giving a Condensed History of the Jews from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Day. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings |
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Page 23
... once the long suffer . ing of God , waited in the days of Noah . " For the preservation of this holy man and his family , God di- rected Noah to prepare an ark . It was a strange commission . It was making provision against a calamity ...
... once the long suffer . ing of God , waited in the days of Noah . " For the preservation of this holy man and his family , God di- rected Noah to prepare an ark . It was a strange commission . It was making provision against a calamity ...
Page 28
... once departed from the living God , the nations multi- plied to themselves deities with amazing rapidity . As the most striking objects in nature and the mediate source of all good to men , the heavenly bodies soon attracted veneration ...
... once departed from the living God , the nations multi- plied to themselves deities with amazing rapidity . As the most striking objects in nature and the mediate source of all good to men , the heavenly bodies soon attracted veneration ...
Page 48
... once into the holy place - into hea . ven itself , now to appear in the presence of God for us . During the abode of the Church in the wilderness , Moses wrote the Pentateuch , comprising Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers and ...
... once into the holy place - into hea . ven itself , now to appear in the presence of God for us . During the abode of the Church in the wilderness , Moses wrote the Pentateuch , comprising Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers and ...
Page 67
... once happy and flourishing people was carried captive to Baby- lon and scattered throughout the east . Their sufferings were without a parallel . Every curse and wo which had been de- nounced upon them by God through his prophets , if ...
... once happy and flourishing people was carried captive to Baby- lon and scattered throughout the east . Their sufferings were without a parallel . Every curse and wo which had been de- nounced upon them by God through his prophets , if ...
Page 71
... once been turned into a vast lake , exca- vated for its reception , while a passage could be made under its bed to unite two palaces , which stood on its opposite banks . Cyrus resolved to break down the embankment which had been formed ...
... once been turned into a vast lake , exca- vated for its reception , while a passage could be made under its bed to unite two palaces , which stood on its opposite banks . Cyrus resolved to break down the embankment which had been formed ...
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