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... sphere of the moon's attraction into the predominance of that of the earth : these facts seem to furnish insupe- . rable arguments against a volcanic origin of the stones . rily have destroyed the animated beings on its surface , 39.
... sphere of the moon's attraction into the predominance of that of the earth : these facts seem to furnish insupe- . rable arguments against a volcanic origin of the stones . rily have destroyed the animated beings on its surface , 39.
Page 40
Thomas Gisborne. rily have destroyed the animated beings on its surface , any portion excepted which might be preserved by a miraculous interposition . Se- condly , if there were a prior world , the existing organic remains must be ...
Thomas Gisborne. rily have destroyed the animated beings on its surface , any portion excepted which might be preserved by a miraculous interposition . Se- condly , if there were a prior world , the existing organic remains must be ...
Page 60
... by the fact , that He was pleased to continue to employ it , and to re - people it , in whatever way , with tribes of beings similar to those which he had destroyed . The universality of this overwhelming con . vulsion , and 60.
... by the fact , that He was pleased to continue to employ it , and to re - people it , in whatever way , with tribes of beings similar to those which he had destroyed . The universality of this overwhelming con . vulsion , and 60.
Page 80
... destroyed the whole race of man except four pairs , " he elsewhere terms a historical fact , admitted as true by every nation to whose literature we have ac cesst . " What if it be objected that the tradition - * Eusebius , Pręp . Evang ...
... destroyed the whole race of man except four pairs , " he elsewhere terms a historical fact , admitted as true by every nation to whose literature we have ac cesst . " What if it be objected that the tradition - * Eusebius , Pręp . Evang ...
Page 101
... destroyed ; and two thousand nine hundred and fifty - seven inhabitants perished . The same author states , that the most extraor- dinary eruptions of Vesuvius and of Etna can- not bear any comparison in point of duration and of ...
... destroyed ; and two thousand nine hundred and fifty - seven inhabitants perished . The same author states , that the most extraor- dinary eruptions of Vesuvius and of Etna can- not bear any comparison in point of duration and of ...
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Page 244 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Page 124 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Page 245 - For of a truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Page 256 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die ; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 158 - 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 :
Page 2 - Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his Eternal Power and God-head, so that they are without excuse...
Page 69 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 143 - And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.
Page 158 - ... and God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat...