A View of the Brahminical Religion: In Its Confirmation of the Truth of the Sacred History, and in Its Influence on the Moral Character |
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... prove the divine origin , its propagation by means so utterly inadequate , and to human reason contemptible , no less de- monstrates the intervention of divine agency . The command which its divine author gave to his disciples : " Go ye ...
... prove the divine origin , its propagation by means so utterly inadequate , and to human reason contemptible , no less de- monstrates the intervention of divine agency . The command which its divine author gave to his disciples : " Go ye ...
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... prove that species of evidence which is generally deemed conclusive in determining the credit of any ancient production ; that species of evidence to which we ourselves confidently ap- peal , whenever the genuineness of our own scrip ...
... prove that species of evidence which is generally deemed conclusive in determining the credit of any ancient production ; that species of evidence to which we ourselves confidently ap- peal , whenever the genuineness of our own scrip ...
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... prove , the narrative , which our own Scriptures give , concerning the early periods of the world . And here , with pleasure we observe , that additional light has been reflected on the Mosai- cal history , and its correctness and ...
... prove , the narrative , which our own Scriptures give , concerning the early periods of the world . And here , with pleasure we observe , that additional light has been reflected on the Mosai- cal history , and its correctness and ...
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... prove the credibility of their present system ; or whether a strong presumption does not arise , that their ancient chronology has suffered a material altera- tion , and is of comparatively recent origin . If the journal of Megasthenes ...
... prove the credibility of their present system ; or whether a strong presumption does not arise , that their ancient chronology has suffered a material altera- tion , and is of comparatively recent origin . If the journal of Megasthenes ...
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... proves the agree- ment of all authentic records with the narrative of the sacred historian . Thus then the external evidence , as far as it reaches , is decidedly adverse to the astronomical system supported by the modern Hindoos ; and ...
... proves the agree- ment of all authentic records with the narrative of the sacred historian . Thus then the external evidence , as far as it reaches , is decidedly adverse to the astronomical system supported by the modern Hindoos ; and ...
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Page 75 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 34 - ... the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of the Lord and of His Christ for ever and ever.
Page 160 - He, whom the mind alone can perceive, whose essence eludes the external organs, who has no visible parts, who exists from eternity, even he, the soul of all beings, whom no being can comprehend, shone forth in person.
Page 3 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 179 - And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 79 - God had •determined to bring upon the earth at once, " the windows of heaven were opened, and the fountains of the great deep broken up.
Page 251 - Arya couplet, which was written at least three centuries before our era, and which pronounces the duty of a good man, even in the moment of his destruction, to consist 'not only in forgiving, but even in a desire of benefiting his destroyer; as the sandal tree, in the instant of its overthrow, sheds perfume on the axe which fells it...
Page 39 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 170 - His dominion shall be also from the . one sea to the other : and from the flood unto the world's end. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him : his enemies shall lick the dust.