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... light of day must import some persecution of the Arkites , some exposure of their mysteries , some suspension of their sacred rites . He was dragged too , as we learn from Virgil , from the very throne of the king , that is , while he ...
... light of day must import some persecution of the Arkites , some exposure of their mysteries , some suspension of their sacred rites . He was dragged too , as we learn from Virgil , from the very throne of the king , that is , while he ...
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... light of the sun never shone . It was the residence of the Cimmerians , a people who lived in subterranean Argillæ , i . e . 3 1 Circe says : Τὴν δὲ κέ τοι πνοιή Βορέαο φέρῃσιν . κ . 507 . Τῆς δὲ πανημερίης τέταθ ̓ ἱστία ποντοπορούσης Ἡ ...
... light of the sun never shone . It was the residence of the Cimmerians , a people who lived in subterranean Argillæ , i . e . 3 1 Circe says : Τὴν δὲ κέ τοι πνοιή Βορέαο φέρῃσιν . κ . 507 . Τῆς δὲ πανημερίης τέταθ ̓ ἱστία ποντοπορούσης Ἡ ...
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... light of the sun , both when it rose and when it set , still that is not so uncommon an occurrence as to explain the proverb of Cimmerian darkness . There is scarcely any range of mountains that could not show many spots equally ...
... light of the sun , both when it rose and when it set , still that is not so uncommon an occurrence as to explain the proverb of Cimmerian darkness . There is scarcely any range of mountains that could not show many spots equally ...
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... light to the midnight mysteries ; while , on the other hand , the Semi - chorus bids them embark , and take possession of the Preserver : then , after in- 1 The Phantom had one leg of brass , and the other of mud , Boλitivo . The latter ...
... light to the midnight mysteries ; while , on the other hand , the Semi - chorus bids them embark , and take possession of the Preserver : then , after in- 1 The Phantom had one leg of brass , and the other of mud , Boλitivo . The latter ...
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... light are said to be sacred only to those who are initiated . In the literal sense it is obviously quite the reverse of the fact ; for nothing was more the object of popular idolatry than the sun ; but the initiated understood why they ...
... light are said to be sacred only to those who are initiated . In the literal sense it is obviously quite the reverse of the fact ; for nothing was more the object of popular idolatry than the sun ; but the initiated understood why they ...
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Page 532 - 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 422 - 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 560 - 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 425 - 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 528 - 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 378 - 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. And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt...
Page 562 - In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ ; buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead...
Page 559 - 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 550 - 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 570 - 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.