The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
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Page 17
... wine by the help of citrons and coffee 57. How far this may be capable of illustrating the ancient practice of relieving those who were fainting by the use of citrons , I leave , says Mr. Harmer , to medical gentlemen to determine . Abu ...
... wine by the help of citrons and coffee 57. How far this may be capable of illustrating the ancient practice of relieving those who were fainting by the use of citrons , I leave , says Mr. Harmer , to medical gentlemen to determine . Abu ...
Page 34
... wine to the labourers king Hiram had furnished him . 2 Chron . ii . 15. Elijah had a present made him of twenty barley loaves , and corn in the husk . 2 Kings iv . 22 . And , by miraculously increasing the five barley loaves , Christ ...
... wine to the labourers king Hiram had furnished him . 2 Chron . ii . 15. Elijah had a present made him of twenty barley loaves , and corn in the husk . 2 Kings iv . 22 . And , by miraculously increasing the five barley loaves , Christ ...
Page 67
... wine , or vinegar , or strong drink , ( says he ) , and eats the gnats , or flies , or worms , which he has strained off , is whipped . " That the Jews used to strain their wine , appears also from the LXX version of Amos , vi . 6 ...
... wine , or vinegar , or strong drink , ( says he ) , and eats the gnats , or flies , or worms , which he has strained off , is whipped . " That the Jews used to strain their wine , appears also from the LXX version of Amos , vi . 6 ...
Page 91
... wine - press , Isai . lxiii . 1 , 2 . What our version renders " crimson , " Isai . i . 18 , and Jer . iv . 30 , should be scarlet . See PURPLE , SCARLET . CRYSTAL . KOREH . This word is translated " crystal " in Ezek . i . 22 ; and ...
... wine - press , Isai . lxiii . 1 , 2 . What our version renders " crimson , " Isai . i . 18 , and Jer . iv . 30 , should be scarlet . See PURPLE , SCARLET . CRYSTAL . KOREH . This word is translated " crystal " in Ezek . i . 22 ; and ...
Page 108
... wine is the fury of crocodiles , and the cruel venom of asps . A figurative expression , I suppose , like that in Psal . xi . 6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares , fire , and brimstone , and a horrible tem- pest ; this shall be the ...
... wine is the fury of crocodiles , and the cruel venom of asps . A figurative expression , I suppose , like that in Psal . xi . 6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares , fire , and brimstone , and a horrible tem- pest ; this shall be the ...
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