The Theological Works of Thomas Paine. (The Age of Reason.).J. Watson, 1851 |
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... suppose , they were written by Moses ; for it is altogether the style and manner of another person speaking of Moses . In Exodus , Leviticus , and Numbers , ( for every thing in Genesis is prior to the time of Moses , and not the least ...
... suppose , they were written by Moses ; for it is altogether the style and manner of another person speaking of Moses . In Exodus , Leviticus , and Numbers , ( for every thing in Genesis is prior to the time of Moses , and not the least ...
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... suppose that the same author wrote the his- tory twice over . The first book of Chronicles ( after giving the genealogy from Adam to Saul , which takes up the first nine chap- ters ) begins with the reign of David ; and the last book ...
... suppose that the same author wrote the his- tory twice over . The first book of Chronicles ( after giving the genealogy from Adam to Saul , which takes up the first nine chap- ters ) begins with the reign of David ; and the last book ...
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... suppose that the Almighty would distinguish any nation of people by the name of his chosen people , we must suppose that people to have been an example to all the rest of the world , of the purest piety and humanity , and not such a ...
... suppose that the Almighty would distinguish any nation of people by the name of his chosen people , we must suppose that people to have been an example to all the rest of the world , of the purest piety and humanity , and not such a ...
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... suppose that the compilers of the Bible made these books ; but rather that they picked up some loose , anonymous essays , and put them together , under the names of such authors as best suited their purpose . They have encouraged the ...
... suppose that the compilers of the Bible made these books ; but rather that they picked up some loose , anonymous essays , and put them together , under the names of such authors as best suited their purpose . They have encouraged the ...
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... suppose that the prophets of that day were any more to be trusted than the priests of this ; be that however as it may , he says , in the next chapter , ver . 2 , " And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record , Uriah the priest ...
... suppose that the prophets of that day were any more to be trusted than the priests of this ; be that however as it may , he says , in the next chapter , ver . 2 , " And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record , Uriah the priest ...
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