The Free-enquirer [by P. Annet].1826 |
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... supposed to be ) the command of God ? for Abraham did but imagine it to be such , in a vision or a dream , and never reason- ed about the nature of it ; when he was broad awake ; therefore this action was not Abraham's reasonable ...
... supposed to be ) the command of God ? for Abraham did but imagine it to be such , in a vision or a dream , and never reason- ed about the nature of it ; when he was broad awake ; therefore this action was not Abraham's reasonable ...
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... supposed they would , not being threatened with any punishment in failure of obedience . Can it then be supposed they would act so contrary to the natural love to their own people ? and hazard their lives in obeying the king , when they ...
... supposed they would , not being threatened with any punishment in failure of obedience . Can it then be supposed they would act so contrary to the natural love to their own people ? and hazard their lives in obeying the king , when they ...
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... supposed to be introduced , to cover the poverty of the parents of Moses their Lawgiver as being in- compatible with his dignity , for we have no account that this order was ever put in execution , which , if it had been , there is ...
... supposed to be introduced , to cover the poverty of the parents of Moses their Lawgiver as being in- compatible with his dignity , for we have no account that this order was ever put in execution , which , if it had been , there is ...
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... supposed to have been at least three years older than Aaron , or she could not have been capable of acting her part so well as she did , to serve her little brother Moses , and her mother . For when the babe was three months old , and ...
... supposed to have been at least three years older than Aaron , or she could not have been capable of acting her part so well as she did , to serve her little brother Moses , and her mother . For when the babe was three months old , and ...
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... supposed his father - in - law , the priest of Midian , was capable of teaching him such feats as these ; and as priests in those times were conjurors and fortune - tellers , Moses sure was not so dull as to serve him forty years ...
... supposed his father - in - law , the priest of Midian , was capable of teaching him such feats as these ; and as priests in those times were conjurors and fortune - tellers , Moses sure was not so dull as to serve him forty years ...
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Page 25 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Page 24 - And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous ; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me ; and if not, I will know.
Page 22 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 83 - Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Page 93 - About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of beasts.
Page 25 - And the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Page 79 - But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Page 4 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same...
Page 93 - And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
Page 44 - And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: but every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.