...Lavinia in Virgil/ and kissed their hand to the sun, in token of veneration. Accordingly, Job says8 " If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking...; for I should have denied the God that is above." This custom is confirmed by several later heathen authors; for Lucian, Ilfpt op£)7O"ttj$, mentions...

...already cited for a different purpose, the holy man is described as speaking in the following terms. If I beheld the Sun when it shined, or the Moon walking...THE JUDGE; for I should have denied the God that is above1. We cannot but observe, that Job here represents idolatry as A SIN LIABLE TO BE PUNISHED 1 Job...

...worship of the heavenly bodies had become extensive. This divine Writer* says, chap. xxxi. 26 — 28, If I beheld the sun, when it shined, or the moon,...punished by the judge : for I should have denied the God tJuit is above. Job probably lived between 1600 and 1700 years before Christ; or about three hundred...

...Moses. The former of these positions he attempts to establish by an appeal to Job xxxi. 26 — 28. If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking...WERE AN INIQUITY TO BE PUNISHED BY THE JUDGE; for 1 should have denied the God that is above. Job, he argues is here represented as speaking of a law...

...magistracy. " If, (says the venerable sufferer) I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon progressive in brightness ; and my heart hath been secretly enticed,...for I should have denied the God that is above."* And on account of this prevailing heresy, Moses, — either by divine direction, or, finding that those...

...shined; or the moon walking in her brightness, and my heart had been secretly enticed ; or my mouth had kissed my hand, this also were an iniquity to be punished by the Judge, for I should have denied the God which was above." —Job, c. 31, v. 26. It was the common opinion of philosophers of the earlier ages,...

...worship of the heavenly bodies had become extensive. This divine writer* says, chap. xxxi. 26 — 28, ' If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking...: for I should have denied the God that is above.' Job probably lived between one thousand six hundred, and one thousand * I consider Job as the author...

...Visit to Egypt, Nubia, Sfc. p. 261. Job xxxi. 26, 27. " If I ЬеЬеИ the sun when it shined, — and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand." " When once an Arab has given his faith, his hospitality is inviolable. We sat down cross-legged; coffee...

...during a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, Sfc. p. 261. Job xxxi. 26, 27. " If I beheld the sun when it shined, — and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand." " When once an Arab has given his faith, his hospitality is inviolable. We sat down cross-legged; coffee...

...possessions to the purposes of pride or oppression — or if he had u been betrayed into idolatry, when he " beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ;" and ardently desires that the Almighty would appear, and permit him to plead his cause in His presence...