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... LESS ILLUSTRATING SEVERAL HUNDRED PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE . BY JOHN CALLAWAY , Late Missionary in Ceylon . LONDON : PRINTED FOR B. J. HOLDSWORTH , 18 , ST . PAUL'S CHURCH YARD ; 1827 . 138 . BOD NU TIO LLUME . PRINTED BY S. HOLDSWORTH ,
... LESS ILLUSTRATING SEVERAL HUNDRED PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE . BY JOHN CALLAWAY , Late Missionary in Ceylon . LONDON : PRINTED FOR B. J. HOLDSWORTH , 18 , ST . PAUL'S CHURCH YARD ; 1827 . 138 . BOD NU TIO LLUME . PRINTED BY S. HOLDSWORTH ,
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... Ceylon . Their usages , being immutable , and frequently bearing a resemblance to those of the Jews , may heighten the palpability of the cloud of witnesses for the truth of Scripture , and dart illumination on a variety of passages ...
... Ceylon . Their usages , being immutable , and frequently bearing a resemblance to those of the Jews , may heighten the palpability of the cloud of witnesses for the truth of Scripture , and dart illumination on a variety of passages ...
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... Ceylon . Companies of buffaloes may be seen cooling them- selves in rivers , with only their head above water ; while others are feeding in a contiguous meadow . Genesis , xli . 5. And he slept , and dreamed the second time : and behold ...
... Ceylon . Companies of buffaloes may be seen cooling them- selves in rivers , with only their head above water ; while others are feeding in a contiguous meadow . Genesis , xli . 5. And he slept , and dreamed the second time : and behold ...
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... Ceylon , are two descriptions of tax on the cul- tivation of grounds belonging to government --- particularly as to paddy , or rice in the husk . Otoo means one - tenth ; anda , one - half . Some grounds are let duty - free , and called ...
... Ceylon , are two descriptions of tax on the cul- tivation of grounds belonging to government --- particularly as to paddy , or rice in the husk . Otoo means one - tenth ; anda , one - half . Some grounds are let duty - free , and called ...
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... Ceylon were laid under water , hundreds of the natives were supplied with salt from the Government store - house at Matura . With salt , they say , they can always subsist , though destitute of every thing besides but roots and fruit ...
... Ceylon were laid under water , hundreds of the natives were supplied with salt from the Government store - house at Matura . With salt , they say , they can always subsist , though destitute of every thing besides but roots and fruit ...
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Abimelech Achish alludes appears Arabs Behold Beth-Shemesh bride bridegroom Bruce Budhu Budhuist temple Calmet's cast Ceylon chap children of Israel Christ Christian Cingalese cloth Corinthians daughter David denote Deuteronomy earth East eastern Edom European Exodus eyes Ezekiel fastened father feet galese garments Genesis give Grand Seignior hair hand hast hath head heard heathen Hebrew Hindoos images India Isaiah Jaffna Jeremiah Jewish Jews John Judea Judges king's Kings Lamech Luke Maachah margin Mark marriage Matthew Matura mother Naaman natives observed ornaments Parkhurst passage Pharaoh Philistines pray probably Proverbs Psalm rendered rivers Samuel say unto Scripture seed seems seen servants shekel silver skins sleep Solomon's Song stone supposed sword thee thine thing thou shalt travellers Turks usage usually verse voice woman women word worship writer's recollection xviii xxii xxiii xxiv Zedekiah
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Page 3 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Page 40 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 51 - As many were astonished at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men : so shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him : for that which had not been told them shall they see ; and that which they had not heard shall they consider
Page 63 - But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Page 73 - And He turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet : but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 66 - And Jesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Page 48 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 53 - ... in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness; the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride...
Page 54 - And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Page 1 - My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.