Oriental Customs: Or, an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations, and Expecially the Jews, Therien Alluded To, Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts, Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Band 1William W. Woodward, 1804 - 431 Seiten |
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Seite vi
... give it such an aspect , yet upon mature examination it will be found that if it contain those branches and ar- ticles of truth , which are of general application , and which are productive of similar effects in distant ages and places ...
... give it such an aspect , yet upon mature examination it will be found that if it contain those branches and ar- ticles of truth , which are of general application , and which are productive of similar effects in distant ages and places ...
Seite ix
... sub- ject , and give it a just and clear representation . The accumulated labours of biblical critics have succeeded in clearing up many difficulties ; Ᏼ . but in some instances they have failed , and have PREFACE . ix.
... sub- ject , and give it a just and clear representation . The accumulated labours of biblical critics have succeeded in clearing up many difficulties ; Ᏼ . but in some instances they have failed , and have PREFACE . ix.
Seite xiv
... give them a con- sistent and intelligible meaning . Nec semper feriet quodcunque minabitur arcus : The arrow will not always hit the object which it threatens . Many of the observations here advanced are indeed rather proposed to ...
... give them a con- sistent and intelligible meaning . Nec semper feriet quodcunque minabitur arcus : The arrow will not always hit the object which it threatens . Many of the observations here advanced are indeed rather proposed to ...
Seite 27
... ) Strabo , after describing the nature of the lake Asphaltis , adds , that the whole of its appearance gives an air of probability to the prevailing tradition , that thirteen cities , the chief of which was Sodom GENESIS . 27.
... ) Strabo , after describing the nature of the lake Asphaltis , adds , that the whole of its appearance gives an air of probability to the prevailing tradition , that thirteen cities , the chief of which was Sodom GENESIS . 27.
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... gives is much to the same purpose . " There is no sort of fish in this sea , by reason of the extraordinary saltness of it ; which burns like fire when one tastes of it . And when the fish of the water Jordan come down so low , they ...
... gives is much to the same purpose . " There is no sort of fish in this sea , by reason of the extraordinary saltness of it ; which burns like fire when one tastes of it . And when the fish of the water Jordan come down so low , they ...
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Seite 326 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Seite 392 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Seite 295 - I like not to take her; then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
Seite 313 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
Seite 405 - For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Seite 414 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads ; and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Seite 157 - There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler : 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Seite 177 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Seite 393 - Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth, and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Seite 299 - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.