The Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind: Compared with the Cosmogonies, Chronologies, and Original Traditions of Ancient Nations; an Abstract and Review of Several Modern Systems; with an Attempt to Explain Philosophically, the Mosaical Account of the Creation and Deluge, and to Deduce from this Last Event the Causes of the Actual Structure of the Earth, in a Series of LettersR. Faulder, 1797 - 602 sidor |
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... Should he not approve of the explication here offered of the Mofaical ac- count of the Creation and Deluge , he will at least perceive that those famous systems fo triumphantly fubftituted to it are not a little inconfiftent and fal ...
... Should he not approve of the explication here offered of the Mofaical ac- count of the Creation and Deluge , he will at least perceive that those famous systems fo triumphantly fubftituted to it are not a little inconfiftent and fal ...
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... should rather think that it is by admitting feveral co - operating or fucceffive causes , that we may at length form fome plausible idea of the original formation of the prefent ftructure of our globe , and of the revolutions which must ...
... should rather think that it is by admitting feveral co - operating or fucceffive causes , that we may at length form fome plausible idea of the original formation of the prefent ftructure of our globe , and of the revolutions which must ...
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... should at length identify him with nature . The idea of a : spiritual invisible divinity was gradually loft . The first philofophers of Greece endeavoured to account for all things without the inter- ference of an intelligent architect ...
... should at length identify him with nature . The idea of a : spiritual invisible divinity was gradually loft . The first philofophers of Greece endeavoured to account for all things without the inter- ference of an intelligent architect ...
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... should feem that the name of Goth , fo famed in the weft , is also another variation of the fame original appellation . All the Celtic nations are derived from Gomer : and the Welch , one of their branches , who as yet speak their lan ...
... should feem that the name of Goth , fo famed in the weft , is also another variation of the fame original appellation . All the Celtic nations are derived from Gomer : and the Welch , one of their branches , who as yet speak their lan ...
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... feveral centu- ries must still be defalcated from all of thefe fupputations : but should we even not conteft calculations fo apparently uncertain , we have here an estimation of the times elapfed between the have 24 THOUGHTS ON THE.
... feveral centu- ries must still be defalcated from all of thefe fupputations : but should we even not conteft calculations fo apparently uncertain , we have here an estimation of the times elapfed between the have 24 THOUGHTS ON THE.
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Sida 494 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Sida 495 - And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Sida 493 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Sida 502 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.
Sida 249 - They were all men of good morals, excellent in virtue and virtuous deeds, skilled in the use of weapons to strike with or to be thrown ; brave men, eager for victory in battle. 3. " But SATYAVARMAN, being continually delighted with devout meditation, and seeing his sons fit for dominion, laid upon them the burden of government. 4.
Sida 408 - Wind-gap," a place several miles to the westward, and about a hundred feet higher than the present bed of the river. This Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters, or by some convulsion of nature, the river must have opened its way through a different...
Sida 408 - Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters, or by some convulsion of nature, the river must have opened its way through a different part of the mountain, and meeting there with less...
Sida 447 - To us invifible, or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft works ; yet thefe declare Thy goodnefs beyond thought, and pow'r divine. Speak ye who beft can tell, ye fons of light...
Sida 409 - ... collection of waters to which this new passage gave vent. There are still remaining, and daily discovered, innumerable instances of such a deluge on both sides of the river, after it passed the hills above the falls of Trenton, and reached the champaign. On the...