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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... round a central space , which was after- wards the Comitium , and its name at that time was Mundus . When Plutarch adds , that the first fruits of all useful things were thrown in , and a small quantity of the earth of the country from ...
... round a central space , which was after- wards the Comitium , and its name at that time was Mundus . When Plutarch adds , that the first fruits of all useful things were thrown in , and a small quantity of the earth of the country from ...
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... round the walls of the houses ; for all these observances belong to pagan- ism . " 1 And Prynne , in his Histriomastix , cites other councils , forbidding the early Christians , " to deck up their houses with laurel , yvie , and green ...
... round the walls of the houses ; for all these observances belong to pagan- ism . " 1 And Prynne , in his Histriomastix , cites other councils , forbidding the early Christians , " to deck up their houses with laurel , yvie , and green ...
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... round these wells , and upright stones , and oak - trees , westward as the sun travels , some three times , some six , some nine , and so on , until their voluntary penances were completely fulfilled . " 1 In the progress of this work ...
... round these wells , and upright stones , and oak - trees , westward as the sun travels , some three times , some six , some nine , and so on , until their voluntary penances were completely fulfilled . " 1 In the progress of this work ...
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... round it nine times . But perhaps the most remarkable instance of this sort , as connecting recent usages with the cradle of the postdiluvian race of men , is to be found in another part of the same country . The waters of Strathfillan ...
... round it nine times . But perhaps the most remarkable instance of this sort , as connecting recent usages with the cradle of the postdiluvian race of men , is to be found in another part of the same country . The waters of Strathfillan ...
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... round them , according to the course of the sun , the great number of days during which the three heads of the human race were kept in durance and in danger ; for a superstition , which can only be founded on the same great catastrophe ...
... round them , according to the course of the sun , the great number of days during which the three heads of the human race were kept in durance and in danger ; for a superstition , which can only be founded on the same great catastrophe ...
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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?