A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies, Volumen 1J. Duncan, 1825 "Received well in religious circles, this work was severely censored as an unscientific attempt to treat the Book of Genesis as a manual of geology" - DNB. |
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... produces the genuine statements of the Scriptural record and assumes them to be true , generally , upon moral grounds probably similar to those on which the Reviewer professes his own firm belief in the truth of Reve- lation1 ; these ...
... produces the genuine statements of the Scriptural record and assumes them to be true , generally , upon moral grounds probably similar to those on which the Reviewer professes his own firm belief in the truth of Reve- lation1 ; these ...
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... produce . 19. There are some animals so ferocious , that they will fly at the hand which proffers them food ; regardless of the food , in fear of an insidious assault , through a suspi- cious instinct of their natures . Through a ...
... produce . 19. There are some animals so ferocious , that they will fly at the hand which proffers them food ; regardless of the food , in fear of an insidious assault , through a suspi- cious instinct of their natures . Through a ...
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... produced my own words , which were these : In the first act of Crea- tion , this mineral globe was produced at once - and " from that moment it was subjected to its proper laws : " -for , as Bacon has pronounced , the laws which we ...
... produced my own words , which were these : In the first act of Crea- tion , this mineral globe was produced at once - and " from that moment it was subjected to its proper laws : " -for , as Bacon has pronounced , the laws which we ...
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... produced at once ; on the " second day after , in order to get rid of the superfluous " waters , it was deemed expedient that the solid barriers " of our terraqueous globe should be burst , in those parts - " where depression was to produce ...
... produced at once ; on the " second day after , in order to get rid of the superfluous " waters , it was deemed expedient that the solid barriers " of our terraqueous globe should be burst , in those parts - " where depression was to produce ...
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... produced by one and the same mode ; and , that no phenomena which either of the three could exhibit , could possibly indicate that mode to the intelligence , although they might very easily deceive and cozen the imagination . Until that ...
... produced by one and the same mode ; and , that no phenomena which either of the three could exhibit , could possibly indicate that mode to the intelligence , although they might very easily deceive and cozen the imagination . Until that ...
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Página 205 - And God said. Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it was good.
Página 151 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there : when He set a compass upon the face of the depth : when He established the clouds above: when He strengthened the fountains of the deep : when He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not pass His commandment; when He appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by Him as one brought up with Him; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before him: rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth; and my delights were with the sons...
Página 248 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 304 - Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
Página xxiii - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Página 254 - 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 :
Página 202 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 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.
Página 140 - WHO is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Página 253 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 151 - When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.