Revelation examined with candour : or, A fair enquiry into the sense and use of the several revelations expressly declared, or sufficiently implied, to be given to mankind from the creation, as they are found in the Bible (1733)
Delany, Patrick, 1685 or 6-1768 · London : Printed for C. Rivington · leaf 104
Dissertation VI. Concerning fome difficulties and objectionsthat lie againft the Mofaic accountof the fail … Come now to confiderfome diffi-culties which yet lie againft myexplication of this fentence, aspronounced upon fatan under theimage of the ferpent. And the firft difficulty is this; Why God pumfied the evil fpirit, underthe figure of the ferpent ? That it was neceilary, in the wifdom ofGod, to…
Bible · Revelation -- Early works to 1800
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