The works of sir Walter Ralegh. To which are prefixed the lives of the author by [W.] Oldys and [T.] Birch, Volume 3 |
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... miles in length , let every reasonable man judge . For if he travelled it twice , then was his journey in all 1800 miles from Ur to Haran ; and from Haran twice into Canaan . But were there no other argument to disprove this fancy , the ...
... miles in length , let every reasonable man judge . For if he travelled it twice , then was his journey in all 1800 miles from Ur to Haran ; and from Haran twice into Canaan . But were there no other argument to disprove this fancy , the ...
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... miles ; and when he moved thence to the valley of Mamre , being but twenty - four miles ; and when he left Mamre , and sat down at Gerar , being less than six miles ; no , Moses passed over all the times of the first age with the ...
... miles ; and when he moved thence to the valley of Mamre , being but twenty - four miles ; and when he left Mamre , and sat down at Gerar , being less than six miles ; no , Moses passed over all the times of the first age with the ...
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sir Walter Ralegh. five miles , and omit those of three hundred . For such a journey in going and coming would have ministered some variety of matter or accident worthy the inserting and add- ing to Abraham's story . SECT . IV . The ...
sir Walter Ralegh. five miles , and omit those of three hundred . For such a journey in going and coming would have ministered some variety of matter or accident worthy the inserting and add- ing to Abraham's story . SECT . IV . The ...
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... miles from Bersabe , where Abraham then inhabited , and that three angels first of all appeared to Abraham in the valley of Mamre , no man doubteth . And therefore it cannot be that any of Abraham's sons were born in Mesopotamia ; nor ...
... miles from Bersabe , where Abraham then inhabited , and that three angels first of all appeared to Abraham in the valley of Mamre , no man doubteth . And therefore it cannot be that any of Abraham's sons were born in Mesopotamia ; nor ...
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... miles , or little less , with women , children , and carriages ; the countries through which he wandered were then settled and in peace . For it was in the twenty - third year of Ninias , when Abraham , obeying the voice of God , took ...
... miles , or little less , with women , children , and carriages ; the countries through which he wandered were then settled and in peace . For it was in the twenty - third year of Ninias , when Abraham , obeying the voice of God , took ...
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Page 392 - And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables...
Page 108 - And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Page 126 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Page 79 - For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Page 115 - But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
Page 87 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward...
Page 248 - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Page 126 - See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil ; in that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Page 215 - And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
Page 121 - Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many ; but as of one. And to thy seed, which is Christ.