An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With an Appendix, Giving a Condensed History of the Jews from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Day. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings |
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... Romans , the Saracens , the Turks , and in the millions on millions who have been carried from that unhappy region into ... Roman and British conquests , they have dwelt in the tents of Shem ; and , in a still higher sense , in their ...
... Romans , the Saracens , the Turks , and in the millions on millions who have been carried from that unhappy region into ... Roman and British conquests , they have dwelt in the tents of Shem ; and , in a still higher sense , in their ...
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... Roman empire , which was stronger than any that had gone before it , but which was composed of a mixture of all nations and which therefore was partly strong and partly weak . Hav- ing thus clearly pointed out these four great empires ...
... Roman empire , which was stronger than any that had gone before it , but which was composed of a mixture of all nations and which therefore was partly strong and partly weak . Hav- ing thus clearly pointed out these four great empires ...
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... Romans interposed , and demanded a cessation of hostilities . Antiochus , having read the decree of the senate , said he would consult with his friends about it . But the Roman Ambassador drew around him a circle in the sand , and ...
... Romans interposed , and demanded a cessation of hostilities . Antiochus , having read the decree of the senate , said he would consult with his friends about it . But the Roman Ambassador drew around him a circle in the sand , and ...
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... Roman , marked out by the legs of iron and the feet part of iron and part of clay , established . The Romans founded their city , 753 B. C .; yet they CHAP . 8 . 93 THE MACCABEES .
... Roman , marked out by the legs of iron and the feet part of iron and part of clay , established . The Romans founded their city , 753 B. C .; yet they CHAP . 8 . 93 THE MACCABEES .
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... Roman general , and made him arbitrator be- tween them . The shrewd Roman heard them with apparent 98 PERIOD II . PROSPERITY OF THE JEWS .
... Roman general , and made him arbitrator be- tween them . The shrewd Roman heard them with apparent 98 PERIOD II . PROSPERITY OF THE JEWS .
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Page 197 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 158 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 30 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 167 - Let no man deceive you by any means ; for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Page 45 - Thus saith the Lord: I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Page 56 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going' forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Page 27 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor : and they served other gods.
Page 116 - And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest; it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Page 58 - Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 33 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.