The Patriarchs and Lawgivers of the Old Testament ...Macmillan, 1855 - 347 pages |
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... heaven . and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it . And , behold , the Lord stood above it , and said , I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father , and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest , to thee will I ...
... heaven . and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it . And , behold , the Lord stood above it , and said , I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father , and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest , to thee will I ...
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... heavens and the earth were finished , and all the host of them 333 SERMON II . THE FALL AND THE DELUGE . GENESIS VI . 5 , 6 , 7. — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth , and that every imagination of the ...
... heavens and the earth were finished , and all the host of them 333 SERMON II . THE FALL AND THE DELUGE . GENESIS VI . 5 , 6 , 7. — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth , and that every imagination of the ...
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... heaven . and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it . And , behold , the Lord stood above it , and said , I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father , and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest , to thee will I ...
... heaven . and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it . And , behold , the Lord stood above it , and said , I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father , and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest , to thee will I ...
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... heaven , and on earth , and under the earth , framing God outwardly according to the likeness of that which they see and handle , —inwardly , according to the habits and tendencies of their own minds . The education of man by God is ...
... heaven , and on earth , and under the earth , framing God outwardly according to the likeness of that which they see and handle , —inwardly , according to the habits and tendencies of their own minds . The education of man by God is ...
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... Heaven . ' In other words , you are to believe the Bible because you ought to believe it , not because it shows you the way to the knowledge of what you are , and of what God is . Both our religious schools are unconscious plagiarists ...
... Heaven . ' In other words , you are to believe the Bible because you ought to believe it , not because it shows you the way to the knowledge of what you are , and of what God is . Both our religious schools are unconscious plagiarists ...
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Page 38 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 50 - And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth...
Page 68 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing : And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee : and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 163 - Come now, therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
Page 68 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishea of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 239 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? and what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Page 239 - For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it...
Page 74 - And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; and with every living creature that Is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you ; 15 from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Page 100 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place ; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.