The Doctrine of the Deluge: Vindicating the Scriptural Account from the Doubts which Have Recently Been Cast Upon it by Geological Speculations, Volume 2Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838 - Bible and geology |
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... object of worship on her own ac- count , in common with the sun , she had no objection to lose her emblematic character . Much in the same way he is said to have shot the Stymphalian birds . But where ? In a marsh ; that is to say , a ...
... object of worship on her own ac- count , in common with the sun , she had no objection to lose her emblematic character . Much in the same way he is said to have shot the Stymphalian birds . But where ? In a marsh ; that is to say , a ...
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... object of worship : for Hercules threw a Barian ' rock upon the demolished Hydra . But the weapons with which his opponents the Centaurs fought were also rocks , the implements of Druidical worship : and in his contest with Alcyoneus ...
... object of worship : for Hercules threw a Barian ' rock upon the demolished Hydra . But the weapons with which his opponents the Centaurs fought were also rocks , the implements of Druidical worship : and in his contest with Alcyoneus ...
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... object of the mys- teries was , as Warburton supposes , to inculcate that the universe is not upheld fortuitously , without a governor to preside over its revolutions , nothing could better illustrate that fact than the story of the ...
... object of the mys- teries was , as Warburton supposes , to inculcate that the universe is not upheld fortuitously , without a governor to preside over its revolutions , nothing could better illustrate that fact than the story of the ...
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... object of their ambition . Plato relates , that the 募 1 8 Non ante datur telluris operta subire , - 6 Auricomos quam quis decerpserit arbore fœtus , En . vi . 140 . The doves were Tλades , or priestesses , who pointed it out . Sedibus ...
... object of their ambition . Plato relates , that the 募 1 8 Non ante datur telluris operta subire , - 6 Auricomos quam quis decerpserit arbore fœtus , En . vi . 140 . The doves were Tλades , or priestesses , who pointed it out . Sedibus ...
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... object of popular idolatry than the sun ; but the initiated understood why they were allowed to be held sacred : to them alone it was explained , that the sun was only an honourable title of the father of mankind . Wherefore , he is ...
... object of popular idolatry than the sun ; but the initiated understood why they were allowed to be held sacred : to them alone it was explained , that the sun was only an honourable title of the father of mankind . Wherefore , he is ...
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altar ancient Antiquities Apollo Apollodorus Arabic Ararat Archæologia Argos Arkite Bacchus Bari bull Cairn called cave cavern cells Celtic Celtic Mythology Celts Ceres circle circular conical consecrated covenant crescent Cromlech Cronus deity Deluge derived Dibon diluvian Dionusus divinity Druidical Druids earth Egypt Egyptian emblem Ephod Erytheia evidence feet high Geryon gods Greek Hebrew height hence Hercules Hesiod Hesperides high places hill Hindoos Hist holy honour horns Ibid idol idolatry Indian inhabitants Ireland Irish island Isles Jupiter king Kistvaen Lord Meru monuments moon Mount mountain mysteries Neptune Noah observed ocean oracle origin Osiris passage Pausanias Pelasgus pillar plain Plutarch priests purification pyramid regeneration religion religious represented rites river round sacred sacrifice sanctuary Saturn says serpent ship signifies stone Strabo summit supposed temple tower tradition Travels tumuli Vallancey word worship δὲ ἐν καὶ τε τὸν τοῦ
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Page 376 - In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
Page 530 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth. to the purifying of the flesh : How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Page 420 - Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves...
Page 558 - Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world...
Page 423 - Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them...
Page 526 - And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem ; half of .them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
Page 557 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Page 548 - Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of Me ; and that cover with a covering, but not of My spirit, that they may add sin to sin...
Page 568 - He gave Himself for the Church, "That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing ; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Page 534 - The like figure whereunto, even Baptism, doth also now save us (not the putting away -the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards GOD...