| Saint Cyprian (Bishop of Carthage.) - 1840 - 364 דפים
...wor]fS did they acknowledge who was the workmaster ; but deemed either fire, or wind, or the sicift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the sun, or the moon, to be the Gods which govern the earth. On account of whose beauty if they thought... | |
| Ambrose Serle - 1842 - 730 דפים
...could not, out of the good things that are seen, know ro» owa [Jah, or Jehovah"] HIM THAT is — but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or...heaven, to be the gods which govern the world."§ And • ATHISJ. /iii/in. 1. XT. p. "693, Edit. Caiaub. f " It was a custom among the Grecians (says... | |
| 1844 - 784 דפים
...the wilderness, was afterwards worshipped by the Israelites. In the language of the Book of Wisdom " either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle...stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven," were considered as " the God« which govern the world." The thing formed wsj worshipped for Him who... | |
| 1844 - 836 דפים
...worshipped by the Israelites. In the language of the Book of Wisdom " either fire, or wind, or the ewift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven," were considered as "the Gods which govern the world." The thing formed was worshipped for Him who formed... | |
| John Kitto - 1845 - 932 דפים
...particularly in the East, lias been found a source of deep and tranquil pleasure. ' Men by nature ' ' deemed either fire or wind, or the swift air, or the...lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world ;' ' with whose beauty being delighted, they took them to be gods' (Wisdom xiii. 2). Accordingly, the... | |
| William Warburton - 1846 - 542 דפים
..."HXioy Kal Sc :V/I<'</F. — Lib. i. p* Ar/wrri'ois ypa<t>6fu>ios e«if mi/ui/yci. — Lib. II. cap. 1. swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent...OF HEAVEN, to be the GODS which govern the World." * II. But when now SOCIETY had produced those mighty blessings, which exalt our brutal nature to a... | |
| Priestess - 1846 - 324 דפים
...thy inward parts, and who hath given thee understanding. Yes, my child, formerly thou didst deem that either fire or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, were the gods which did govern the world ; with... | |
| Samuel Shuckford - 1848 - 610 דפים
...about the works of the creation, did in no wise rightly apprehend or acknowledge the Workmaster; but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or...lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world ,• being delighted with their beauty, or astonished at their power, they took them for gods*. In... | |
| John Kitto - 1849 - 842 דפים
...particularly in the East, has been found a source of deep anil tranquil pleasure. ' Men by nature ' ' deemed either fire or wind, or the swift air, or the...lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world ;' ' with whose beauty being delighted, they toot them to be gods ' (Wisdom xiii. 2). Accordingly.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1850 - 432 דפים
...who are ignorant of God, and could not, by considering the work, acknowledge the work master ; but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or...the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be gods, which govern the world.1' Of these two faiths the Sabean, as we have before observed, was much... | |
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