Illustrations of Biblical Literature Exhibiting the History and Fate of the Sacred Writings ...: Including Biographical Notices of Translators and Other ... Biblical Scholars, Volume 1Carlton, 1856 - Bible |
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... ancient Christians to read and circulate the Holy Scriptures in the vernacular tongues , and consequently consists , almost wholly , of extracts and references : Walch's " Bibliotheca Theo- logica , " though exceedingly important as a ...
... ancient Christians to read and circulate the Holy Scriptures in the vernacular tongues , and consequently consists , almost wholly , of extracts and references : Walch's " Bibliotheca Theo- logica , " though exceedingly important as a ...
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... Ancient Manuscripts . A DIVINE REVELATION is indispensably necessary to man , to in- struct him in the nature and perfections of the Deity ; to acquaint him with the history of his own creation ; to explain to him his moral duties , and ...
... Ancient Manuscripts . A DIVINE REVELATION is indispensably necessary to man , to in- struct him in the nature and perfections of the Deity ; to acquaint him with the history of his own creation ; to explain to him his moral duties , and ...
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... ancient records in existence are those of Moses , their great legislator . Prior to his day we have no certain proofs of the practice of writing , and the most zealous supporters of the ante- mosaic origin of letters , can only offer ...
... ancient records in existence are those of Moses , their great legislator . Prior to his day we have no certain proofs of the practice of writing , and the most zealous supporters of the ante- mosaic origin of letters , can only offer ...
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... ancient times had never reached us ; and the necessary intercourses of friendship and business must have been greatly retarded in general , and in many cases wholly obstructed . Without it , those living oracles which teach the science ...
... ancient times had never reached us ; and the necessary intercourses of friendship and business must have been greatly retarded in general , and in many cases wholly obstructed . Without it , those living oracles which teach the science ...
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... ancient writers in this particular ; since whoever shall take the trouble of inquiring into their several pretensions , will find the accounts they have left us to be not only different from each other , but , for the most part ...
... ancient writers in this particular ; since whoever shall take the trouble of inquiring into their several pretensions , will find the accounts they have left us to be not only different from each other , but , for the most part ...
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