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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... Jews were a people peculiarly devoted to God , they should be reminded of that relation by a particularity of diet , which should serve emblematically as a sign of their obligation to study MORAL PU- RITY . This is expressly given as ...
... Jews were a people peculiarly devoted to God , they should be reminded of that relation by a particularity of diet , which should serve emblematically as a sign of their obligation to study MORAL PU- RITY . This is expressly given as ...
Page xxix
... Jewish interpreters , than be- cause I consider it of any real force or importance . It savours strongly of the ... Jews should , by these inhibitions and limitations , be secure and fenced from whatever contagion or immorality ...
... Jewish interpreters , than be- cause I consider it of any real force or importance . It savours strongly of the ... Jews should , by these inhibitions and limitations , be secure and fenced from whatever contagion or immorality ...
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... Jews resided , in which the flesh of some animals was more unwholesome than it would be in a more northern climate . Their sultry climate made it necessary to be considerate in the use of food , as they were exposed to inflam- matory ...
... Jews resided , in which the flesh of some animals was more unwholesome than it would be in a more northern climate . Their sultry climate made it necessary to be considerate in the use of food , as they were exposed to inflam- matory ...
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... Jews , a people that inhabited a very warm climate , the use of many sorts of animals as food , and why they were enjoined to take away a great deal of blood from those which they were allowed to eat . " On the whole , as Mr. Lowman ...
... Jews , a people that inhabited a very warm climate , the use of many sorts of animals as food , and why they were enjoined to take away a great deal of blood from those which they were allowed to eat . " On the whole , as Mr. Lowman ...
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... Jews are here compared to such serpents as were not to be mollified nor disarmed by any of those means ; they shall bite you , saith JEHOVAH . ” 66 - The passage which led to this digression , Psal . Iviii . 5 , 6 , re- 8 See many ...
... Jews are here compared to such serpents as were not to be mollified nor disarmed by any of those means ; they shall bite you , saith JEHOVAH . ” 66 - The passage which led to this digression , Psal . Iviii . 5 , 6 , re- 8 See many ...
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