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    posterity


    1. the posterity of the righteous will be delivered


    2. A dyer who has found the means of producing a particular colour with materials which cost only half the price of those commonly made use of, may, with good management, enjoy the advantage of his discovery as long as he lives, and even leave it as a legacy to his posterity


    3. The third is the economical table, the result of the other two, which completes them both by perfecting their object ; the great discovery of our age, but of which our posterity will reap the benefit


    4. The future liberation of the public revenue they leave to the care of posterity


    5. How you lived your life will be much more important than your memory for posterity than anything you may have accomplished


    6. He could see it clearly now, that tarmac sight bearing the blood stains of uncontrolled childhood feuds, there, preserved as if for posterity: the school's heritage


    7. One of the advantages of abbreviated life expectancies is our being able to pass the buck to Posterity for all our thoughtless indiscretions!


    8. Where has it been written that a Great Nation must commend itself to the parochial interests or jealousies of ancient traditions that have lost their comparable standing or concede its leadership position among the Community of Nations, rather than conforming to its (own) enlightened self-interests? Such designs must inevitably tarnish that nation‘s highest historical achievements that it should (otherwise) enjoy and (rightly) pass along to posterity


    9. He was more interested in solving problems, not analyzing them thoroughly and documenting them for posterity and further study


    10. Rolling left,” he noted as if for posterity

    11. I must have him beside me, if I am to bequeath my legacy to my posterity!” She raised herself to the maximum elevation that her slender stature would allow


    12. The gift to her posterity was his to bestow


    13. 13 This their way is their folly; yet their posterity approves their sayings


    14. 13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out


    15. 6 The inheritance of sinners? Children shall perish, and their posterity shall have a perpetual reproach


    16. and his posterity should have the dignity of the priesthood forever,


    17. posterity alone, so the inheritance of Aaron should also be his seed


    18. 22 But the Lord will never leave off his mercy, neither shall any of his works perish, neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect,


    19. And that all those who went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests


    20. of Mattathias, of the posterity of Jarib, together with his brothers, put themselves in jeopardy, and resisting the enemies of their nation

    21. pleased God, Neemias, being sent from the King of Persia, did send of the posterity of those priests that had hid it to the fire, but


    22. But as a venerable inspiration to posterity you will continue on


    23. Lewis foresees a “race of conditioners” that could “cut out posterity in what shape they please


    24. And now the angels of your heavens are guilty of trespass; And on the flesh of men abides your anger until the great Day of Judgement; And now, O God and Lord and Great King, I implore and beg you to fulfil my prayer, to leave me a posterity on Earth; and not destroy all the flesh of man; And make the Earth without inhabitant, so that there should be an eternal destruction


    25. ' And Enoch began to recount from the writings and said: 'I was born the seventh in the first week, While judgement and righteousness still endured, and after me there shall arise in the second week great wickedness, and deceit shall have sprung up; And in it there shall be the first end and in it a man shall be saved; And after it is ended unrighteousness shall grow up, and a law shall be made for the sinners; And after that in the third week at its close the man shall be elected as the Plant of Righteous Judgement, And his posterity shall become the plant of righteousness for evermore; And after that in the fourth week, at its close, visions of the holy and righteous shall be seen; And a law for all generations and closure shall be made for them; And after that in the fifth week at its close, The House of Glory and Dominion shall be built forever; And after that in the sixth week all who live in it shall be blinded; And the hearts of all of them shall godlessly forsake wisdom; And in it a man shall ascend; And at its close the house of dominion shall be burnt with fire, And the whole race of the chosen root shall be dispersed; And after that in the seventh week shall an apostate generation arise; And many shall be its deeds, and all its deeds shall be apostate; And at its end shall be elected, The Elect Righteous of the eternal Plant of Righteousness, to receive sevenfold instruction concerning all His creation; For who is there of all the children of men that is able to hear the voice of the Holy One without being troubled? And who can think His thoughts? And who is there that can note all the works of Heaven? And how should there be one who could see Heaven; And who is there that could understand the things of Heaven and see a soul or a spirit and could tell of it, or ascend and see all their ends and think them or do like them? And who is there of all men that could know what is the breadth and the length of the Earth, And to whom has been shown the measure of all of them? Or is there anyone who could discern the length of the Heaven and how great is its height, and on what it is founded and how great is the number of the stars, and where all the luminaries rest?'


    26. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance


    27. And now the angels of your heavens are guilty of trespass; And on the flesh of men abides your anger until the great Day of Judgement; And now O God and Lord and Great King I implore and beg you to fulfil my prayer to leave me a posterity on Earth; and not destroy all the flesh of man; And make the Earth without inhabitant so that there should be an eternal destruction


    28. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to


    29. ' And Enoch began to recount from the writings and said: 'I was born the seventh in the first week While judgement and righteousness still endured and after me there shall arise in the second week great wickedness and deceit shall have sprung up; And in it there shall be the first end and in it a man shall be saved; And after it is ended unrighteousness shall grow up and a law shall be made for the sinners; And after that in the third week at its close the man shall be elected as the Plant of Righteous Judgement And his posterity shall become the plant of righteousness for evermore; And after that in the fourth week at its close visions of the holy and righteous shall be seen; And a law for all generations and closure shall be made for them; And after that in the fifth week at its close The House of Glory and Dominion shall be built forever; And after that in the sixth week all who live in it shall be blinded; And the hearts of all of them shall godlessly forsake wisdom; And in it a man shall ascend; And at its close the house of dominion shall be burnt with fire And the whole race of the chosen root shall be dispersed; And after that in the seventh week shall an apostate generation arise; And many shall be its deeds and all its deeds shall be apostate; And at its end shall be elected The Elect Righteous of the eternal Plant of Righteousness to receive sevenfold instruction concerning all His creation; For who is there of all the children of men that is able to hear the voice of the Holy One without being troubled? And who can think His thoughts? And who is there that can note all the works of Heaven? And how should there be one who could see Heaven; And who is there that could understand the things of Heaven and see a soul or a spirit and could tell of it or ascend and see all their ends and think them or do like them? And who is there of all men that could know what is the breadth and the length of the Earth And to whom has been shown the measure of all of them? Or is there anyone who could discern the length of the Heaven and how great is its height and on what it is founded and how great is the number of the stars and where all the luminaries rest?'


    30. posterity alike a concise political statement powerful enough to have influenced human thought from his generation to ours

    31. 49 Moreover he wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry concerning their freedom that no officer no ruler no lieutenant nor treasurer should forcibly enter into their doors; 50 And that all the country which they hold should be free without tribute; and that the Edomites should give over the villages of the Jews which then they held: 51 Yes that there should be yearly given twenty talents to the building of the temple until the time that it were built; 52 And other ten talents yearly to maintain the burnt offerings on the altar every day as they had a commandment to offer seventeen: 53 And that all those who went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty as well they as their posterity and all the priests that went away


    32. 29 Forasmuch as often there have been wars in the country in which for the maintenance of their sanctuary and the law Simon the son of Mattathias of the posterity of Jarib together with his brothers put themselves in jeopardy and resisting the enemies of their nation did their nation great honour; 30 For after that Jonathan having gathered his nation together and been their high priest was added to his people 31 Their enemies prepared to invade their country that they might destroy it and lay hands on the sanctuary: 32 At which time Simon rose up and fought for his nation and spent much of his own substance and armed the valiant men of his nation and gave them wages 33 And fortified the cities of Judea together with Bethsura that lies on the borders of Judea where the armour of the enemies had been before; but he set a garrison of Jews there: 34 Moreover he fortified Joppa which lies on the sea and Gazera that borders on Azotus where the enemies had dwelt before but he placed Jews there and furnished them with all things convenient for the reparation of it


    33. 20 Now after many years when it pleased God Neemias being sent from the King of Persia did send of the posterity of those priests that had hid it to the fire but when they told us they found no fire but thick water; 21 Then commanded he them to draw it up and to bring it; and when the sacrifices were laid on Neemias commanded the priests to sprinkle the wood and the things laid on that with the water


    34. Some of us who knew him may live to be old men, but life is not likely to give us any richer memory than his; and the passion and shapely zest that are in his work will pass safely to the memory of posterity


    35. as a photograph for posterity, in his later years


    36. Nevertheless, the words are preserved for posterity


    37. posterity will be interested in what I have to say


    38. As the head of his family, didn’t he owe it to his posterity to preserve the property? Why should one blame him, when it was Rashid’s avarice that took him to his grave?


    39. That poignant moment, all agreed, would be etched in their memory for posterity


    40. Even in the eyes of all posterity

    41. Delaney" on him, with the Echo cameraman snapping it all up for posterity


    42. Without any consideration for her schedule, she checked the date the history book had recorded as the date Peter had received the letter, then checked the location and time and any other details about the event that were preserved for posterity, and promptly downloaded all of that information into her cerebral cortex


    43. Allow it to be stated for all posterity as such here upon this page,


    44. Don't let the opportunity to create wealth for your posterity go to waste by eating, rather than planting, the seeds of wealth


    45. – for the Prophet – and, for your posterity! The martyrs of ‘911’ will always be remembered – as


    46. A guestbook and pen were also situated atop the table so that newcomers could log their presence if they should so desire for posterity


    47. However, the limited accessibility of early computer hardware meant that these games were few and easily forgotten by posterity


    48. His words as he left the Eagle have been recorded for posterity


    49. Manned for most part by the Muslims, His Court felt that a Hindu name for a Muslim capital would be a misnomer, and thus proclaimed it as Hyderabad for the posterity


    50. And that was all there to Ishmael in the Book, as thereafter it chose not to record his life and times for the posterity













































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    Synonyms for "posterity"

    posterity descendants future afterward infinity afterlife hereafter millennium

    "posterity" definitions

    all of the offspring of a given progenitor


    all future generations