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as the so - called historical philosophy has advanced , its profes- sors have boasted that they , one after another , had divested our sacred records of its literal significance . Now , against statements of this kind , the confirmatory ...
as the so - called historical philosophy has advanced , its profes- sors have boasted that they , one after another , had divested our sacred records of its literal significance . Now , against statements of this kind , the confirmatory ...
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... called the " subterranean Jerusalem . " And now , it is from the same point of view , and with the purpose of subserving the objects which he has so clearly indicated , that in this article we pro- pose to give some detailed account of ...
... called the " subterranean Jerusalem . " And now , it is from the same point of view , and with the purpose of subserving the objects which he has so clearly indicated , that in this article we pro- pose to give some detailed account of ...
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... called the Lejah . It is the Argob of the Old Testament , and the Trachonitis of the New ; and is one of the most remarkable districts in the world . It appears to be the deposit of a great volcanic erup- tion , in an extremely remote ...
... called the Lejah . It is the Argob of the Old Testament , and the Trachonitis of the New ; and is one of the most remarkable districts in the world . It appears to be the deposit of a great volcanic erup- tion , in an extremely remote ...
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... called the Safáh , which is marked , even on recent maps , as a single tell , or eminence , but which , in fact , is a long mountainous range , extending lengthways , almost due north and south , for upwards of forty miles , and being ...
... called the Safáh , which is marked , even on recent maps , as a single tell , or eminence , but which , in fact , is a long mountainous range , extending lengthways , almost due north and south , for upwards of forty miles , and being ...
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... called El Harrah , which extends into the desert on the east of it . With this part of the region we have been reviewing , history is connected only by suggestions or by inferences . But of the Rephaim ( i.e. Giants ) , we know that ...
... called El Harrah , which extends into the desert on the east of it . With this part of the region we have been reviewing , history is connected only by suggestions or by inferences . But of the Rephaim ( i.e. Giants ) , we know that ...
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Page 449 - WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 469 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear : For our God is a consuming fire.
Page 294 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 468 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 281 - THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 166 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.