The Sacred and Profane History of the World Connected: From the Creation of the World to the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire at the Death of Sardanapalus, and to the Declension of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel Under the Reigns of Ahaz and Pekah: Including the Dissertation on the Creation and Fall of Man, Volume 4Baynes, 1808 - History, Ancient |
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... serpent spake to her , we see no reason to think she had any difficulty in understanding any part of what was said to her . She as readily took the meaning of what the ser pent expressed to her , as either she or Adam had be- fore ...
... serpent spake to her , we see no reason to think she had any difficulty in understanding any part of what was said to her . She as readily took the meaning of what the ser pent expressed to her , as either she or Adam had be- fore ...
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... serpent had God's power to make his words instantly as intelligible to Eve as he pleased . f g And it will increase the difficulty , if we should con- sider the words here spoken as bearing not a plain but a metaphorical meaning . Their ...
... serpent had God's power to make his words instantly as intelligible to Eve as he pleased . f g And it will increase the difficulty , if we should con- sider the words here spoken as bearing not a plain but a metaphorical meaning . Their ...
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... serpent said to Eve . The diction of the Psalmist is indeed figura- tive , open thou mine eyes , and I shall see ... serpent's words to Eve , your eyes shall be opened , B [ niphkechu neineicem , ' ] Moses ' word for shall be opened , is ...
... serpent said to Eve . The diction of the Psalmist is indeed figura- tive , open thou mine eyes , and I shall see ... serpent's words to Eve , your eyes shall be opened , B [ niphkechu neineicem , ' ] Moses ' word for shall be opened , is ...
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... serpent had herein said any thing referring farther than to their na tural eye . But , m See 2 Kings xix . 16. Isa . xxxvii . 17. Dan . ix . 18 , & c . n Exodus iv . 11. xxiii . S. • It may perhaps be here questioned , whether the words ...
... serpent had herein said any thing referring farther than to their na tural eye . But , m See 2 Kings xix . 16. Isa . xxxvii . 17. Dan . ix . 18 , & c . n Exodus iv . 11. xxiii . S. • It may perhaps be here questioned , whether the words ...
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... serpent said to Eve , he was for the greater part confined to use the very words , and none other , than what both ... serpent's first ad- dress to Eve , yea , hath God said , ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden 2 but what she ...
... serpent said to Eve , he was for the greater part confined to use the very words , and none other , than what both ... serpent's first ad- dress to Eve , yea , hath God said , ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden 2 but what she ...
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Page cxviii - Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
Page 10 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page xliii - And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
Page 156 - And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heeL...
Page 1 - And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page civ - ... how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
Page 68 - Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind? First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess, Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less?
Page lv - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost : and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in the earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood : and these three agree in one.
Page 35 - And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Page cxxxii - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.