A Key to the Chronology of the Hindus: In a Series of Letters, in which an Attempt is Made to Facilitate the Progress of Christianity in Hindostan, by Proving that the Protracted Numbers of All Oriental Nations when Reduced Agree with the Dates Given in the Hebrew Text of the Bible ... |
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according admit adored Almighty antediluvian antediluvian world appears Athothes Avatar believe Berosus Bharatta birth black shepherd Brahman Buddha calends Cali age Chaldeans Chinese Christ Christian chronology commenced creation Crishnu Cronus Cush cycle Dasaratha death Deity deluge denotes descended Dionusus divine Spirit earth Egypt Egyptians emperor Enoch epithet epoch equinox eternal father fifteenth dynasty first-created Fo-hi follows Gods Greeks heaven Hebrew Hindu chronology Hindus Holy incarnate Indian Jäpetus Jarasandha Jared Jupiter king light Lord Lunar dynasty Magadha Mahalaleel Manetho Máyá menced Menu Menwantara Mercury Mizraim Moon Moses mythology named Nanda Narayana Noah Parasa Parasa Rama patriarch period Pharaoh planet postdiluvian Pradyota prince prophet Protogonus race of Cain race of Seth Rama Chandra recorded reign religion ruler sacred Sanchoniatho Satyavatar Scripture Sesostris seventh Sir William Jones Solar race suppose third age thou Titan unto Vedas Vide Vishnu worshipped
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Page 341 - God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 88 - from the time the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand, two hundred and ninety days : blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and * thirty days.
Page 85 - Oh ! that my words were now written ! oh! that they were printed in a book, that they were graven with an iron pen, and lead, in the rock for ever. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and
Page 86 - The stars of heaven and the constellations thereof, shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine"."*
Page 322 - the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months, it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Page 41 - is too wonderful for me; it is so high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit, or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I take the
Page 61 - as all men are conceived and born in sin, and that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and they that are in the flesh cannot please God, but live in sin, and that none can enter into the kingdom of God except he be regenerate and born again, of water
Page 298 - When the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men, which were of old, men of renown.
Page 39 - God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee; bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both of fowl and
Page 89 - magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary cast down, and a host was given him against the daily sacrifice, by reason of the