The Sacred and Prophane History of the World Connected: From the Creation of the World to the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire at the Death of Sardanapalus, and to the Declension of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, Under the Reigns of Ahaz and Pekah |
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Page xxxvi
... Ninus to Sardanapalus , as well as about the fum of the Duration of their Reigns ; but if what I have offered in Defence of Ctefias himself may be admitted , the Mif- takes of those that have copied from him will cafily be corrected in ...
... Ninus to Sardanapalus , as well as about the fum of the Duration of their Reigns ; but if what I have offered in Defence of Ctefias himself may be admitted , the Mif- takes of those that have copied from him will cafily be corrected in ...
Page 100
... Ninus ( fays Portius Cato ) the Earth was " overflow'd with Waters , and Mankind began again in Saga Scythia . ' Now 66 Saga Scythia is in the fame Latitude with Bactria , between the Cafpian Sea and Imaus , North to Mount Paraponifus ...
... Ninus ( fays Portius Cato ) the Earth was " overflow'd with Waters , and Mankind began again in Saga Scythia . ' Now 66 Saga Scythia is in the fame Latitude with Bactria , between the Cafpian Sea and Imaus , North to Mount Paraponifus ...
Page 103
... Ninus and Semiramis , about three hundred Years after the Difperfion of Mankind , the Na- tions that came of that Difperfion attack'd the Inhabitants of the East with their uni- ted Force , but found the Nations about Bactria , and the ...
... Ninus and Semiramis , about three hundred Years after the Difperfion of Mankind , the Na- tions that came of that Difperfion attack'd the Inhabitants of the East with their uni- ted Force , but found the Nations about Bactria , and the ...
Page 183
... Ninus became the fe- cond King of Affyria . Ninus was of an enterprizing and ambitious Spirit . He be- gan the first Wars , and broke the ( b ) Peace of the World . Babylonia was an adjacent Country , too near him to lie out of his View ...
... Ninus became the fe- cond King of Affyria . Ninus was of an enterprizing and ambitious Spirit . He be- gan the first Wars , and broke the ( b ) Peace of the World . Babylonia was an adjacent Country , too near him to lie out of his View ...
Page 184
... Ninus ( fays he ) the King of Affyria , affifted by a King of the Arabians , invaded the Ba- bylonians with a powerful Army . The prefent Babylon was not then built , but " there were in the Country of Babylo- " nia other Cities of ...
... Ninus ( fays he ) the King of Affyria , affifted by a King of the Arabians , invaded the Ba- bylonians with a powerful Army . The prefent Babylon was not then built , but " there were in the Country of Babylo- " nia other Cities of ...
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Page 69 - 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...
Page 286 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 285 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
Page 283 - And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Page 80 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 286 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Page 286 - And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Page 72 - For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of 'Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices : but this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Page 80 - And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood ; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Page 72 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.