The Doctrine of the Deluge: Vindicating the Scriptural Account from the Doubts which Have Recently Been Cast Upon it by Geological Speculations, Volume 1Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838 - Bible |
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... hills , with alluvium . " 2 Mr. Lyell should have said diluvium ; for that is the term which the professor himself selected to express the deposits of the Mosaic deluge . But since he has seen reason to alter his opinion , he has sealed ...
... hills , with alluvium . " 2 Mr. Lyell should have said diluvium ; for that is the term which the professor himself selected to express the deposits of the Mosaic deluge . But since he has seen reason to alter his opinion , he has sealed ...
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... hills ; for immediately after the first abatement of the flood , the ark had grounded on Mount Ararat.2 He had reason therefore to conclude , that by the end of that time , the lowlands also would be un- covered . The rivers , however ...
... hills ; for immediately after the first abatement of the flood , the ark had grounded on Mount Ararat.2 He had reason therefore to conclude , that by the end of that time , the lowlands also would be un- covered . The rivers , however ...
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... hill in form of a pyramid . The gods beheld with wrath this edifice , the top of which was to reach the clouds : irritated at the daring attempt of Xelhua , they hurled fire on the pyramid : numbers of the workmen perished : the work ...
... hill in form of a pyramid . The gods beheld with wrath this edifice , the top of which was to reach the clouds : irritated at the daring attempt of Xelhua , they hurled fire on the pyramid : numbers of the workmen perished : the work ...
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... hill , ' and is re- ported to have the appearance of being a work of art , there can be no doubt that it was one of those huge tumuli , or mounds , representing the diluvian mountain , which will be described more at large hereafter ...
... hill , ' and is re- ported to have the appearance of being a work of art , there can be no doubt that it was one of those huge tumuli , or mounds , representing the diluvian mountain , which will be described more at large hereafter ...
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... hill to offer his services as cicerone , and proceeded to inform him that Dundee was slain at that stone , which was raised to his memory . " Fie , Donald ! " answered my friend , " how can you tell such a story to a stranger ? I am ...
... hill to offer his services as cicerone , and proceeded to inform him that Dundee was slain at that stone , which was raised to his memory . " Fie , Donald ! " answered my friend , " how can you tell such a story to a stranger ? I am ...
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Ammon ancient antiquity Apollodorus Arabic Ararat Arkite Ayeen Akbery Baris Bochart Budha bull called Celtic Celts Chaldee Champollion character crescent Cronus dæmon deity deluge derived Deucalion diluvian divine Doorga dragon earth Edition Egypt Egyptian emblem etymology fable father fire flood gods Grecian Greeks head Hebrew hence Hercules hieroglyphic hill Hindoos Hist honour horns Horus Ibid idol idolatry Indian Irish Isis island Jupiter king lake language lettered Lycophron meaning Menu Mizraim moon Moor's Hindu Pantheon Mount mountain mysteries mythology Neptune Nile Noah observes ocean Ogyges origin Orion Osiris Ovid Patriarch Pausanias Pelasgi Persian Phut Pleiades Plutarch preserved priests religion remarkable Remphan represented rites river rock sacred Sanscrit Saturn says serpent ship signifies Siva stars stone Strabo superstition supposed temple Thoth tradition Typhon Vallancey word worship zodiac δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῦ τῶν
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Page 228 - In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Page 311 - I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou boldest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
Page 209 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 180 - Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name: that strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Page 233 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life...
Page 383 - I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?