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... SONS OF GOD " AND " THE MIGHTY MEN " OF THE SIXTH CHAPTER OF THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES . BY THE REV . JOHN FLEMING , A.B. INCUMBENT OF VENTRY AND KILDRUM , DIOCESE OF ARDFERT ; RUKAL DEAN ; AND IRISH SOCIETY'S MISSIONARY . BlisLUTHER JUL ...
... SONS OF GOD " AND " THE MIGHTY MEN " OF THE SIXTH CHAPTER OF THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES . BY THE REV . JOHN FLEMING , A.B. INCUMBENT OF VENTRY AND KILDRUM , DIOCESE OF ARDFERT ; RUKAL DEAN ; AND IRISH SOCIETY'S MISSIONARY . BlisLUTHER JUL ...
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... Sons of God " - " Daughters of Men " • 72 77 IX . - Bne - ha - Elohim , not pious men , but angels XI . - Improbabilities involved in this view SECT . CHAPTER III . THE ANGEL - INTERPRETATION .
... Sons of God " - " Daughters of Men " • 72 77 IX . - Bne - ha - Elohim , not pious men , but angels XI . - Improbabilities involved in this view SECT . CHAPTER III . THE ANGEL - INTERPRETATION .
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... sons of God saw the daughters of men , that they were " fair : and they took them wives of all which they chose . " And the LORD said , My spirit shall not always strive with ' man , for that he also is flesh : yet his days shall be an ...
... sons of God saw the daughters of men , that they were " fair : and they took them wives of all which they chose . " And the LORD said , My spirit shall not always strive with ' man , for that he also is flesh : yet his days shall be an ...
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... sons of God ' were angels , and the ' daughters of men ' human females ; " and he adds - although not coinciding in opinion with those who adopt it - that this view of the subject has been entertained by many , both in ancient and ...
... sons of God ' were angels , and the ' daughters of men ' human females ; " and he adds - although not coinciding in opinion with those who adopt it - that this view of the subject has been entertained by many , both in ancient and ...
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... sons of God " of Gen. vi . were inhabitants originally of another world than this , beings of a nature diverse from that of mankind . But , in the minds of very many , even of those who receive , with humble and unhesitating faith ...
... sons of God " of Gen. vi . were inhabitants originally of another world than this , beings of a nature diverse from that of mankind . But , in the minds of very many , even of those who receive , with humble and unhesitating faith ...
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Page 167 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...
Page 6 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Page 6 - And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 167 - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Page 85 - These feminine : for spirits, when they please, Can either sex assume, or both ; so soft And uncompounded is their essence pure ; 425 Not tied or manacled with joint or limb, Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones, Like cumbrous flesh ; but, in what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure, Can execute their aery purposes, 430 And works of love or enmity fulfil.
Page 149 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God : and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Page 19 - Nature fail'd in me, and left some part Not proof enough such object to sustain ; Or, from my side subducting, took perhaps More than enough; at least on her bestow'd Too much of ornament, in outward show Elaborate, of inward less exact.
Page 167 - Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Page 47 - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Page 157 - But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover!