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Page 37
On this principle , then , we are to regulate all our reasonings on the subject of
prophecy . They who maintain , and they who would confute , its pretensions ,
must equally go on this supposition . If the system of prophecy can be justified , or
so ...
On this principle , then , we are to regulate all our reasonings on the subject of
prophecy . They who maintain , and they who would confute , its pretensions ,
must equally go on this supposition . If the system of prophecy can be justified , or
so ...
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For it is one thing to discover a principle , and another to argue justly and
cogently from it . On the other hand , the unbeliever , who regards the whole
system of prophecy as of human invention , must yet be allowed to argue
pertinently from the ...
For it is one thing to discover a principle , and another to argue justly and
cogently from it . On the other hand , the unbeliever , who regards the whole
system of prophecy as of human invention , must yet be allowed to argue
pertinently from the ...
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The text supplies us with a principle , as we believe , of divine authority ; as all
must confess of scriptural authority ; that is , of the same authority as that on
which prophecy itself stands . This principle has been explained at large . It
affirms that ...
The text supplies us with a principle , as we believe , of divine authority ; as all
must confess of scriptural authority ; that is , of the same authority as that on
which prophecy itself stands . This principle has been explained at large . It
affirms that ...
Page 50
We are now at liberty to reason from this principle . Whatever conclusions are
fairly drawn from it , must to the believer appear as certain truths ; must to the
unbeliever appear as very proper illustrations of that principle . In general , if
difficulties ...
We are now at liberty to reason from this principle . Whatever conclusions are
fairly drawn from it , must to the believer appear as certain truths ; must to the
unbeliever appear as very proper illustrations of that principle . In general , if
difficulties ...
Page 58
But men of sense will consider , that a principle is not therefore to be rejected ,
because it has been abused . For instance , that the Passover was instituted with
a reference to the sacrifice of Christ , that the paschal Lamb was , in the language
...
But men of sense will consider , that a principle is not therefore to be rejected ,
because it has been abused . For instance , that the Passover was instituted with
a reference to the sacrifice of Christ , that the paschal Lamb was , in the language
...
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Page 156 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt...
Page 106 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Page 158 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 151 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 158 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 287 - And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Page 78 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Page 277 - ... shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Page 342 - Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 159 - He shall not strive, nor cry ; Neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory.
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| Title | An Introduction to the Study of the Prophecies Concerning the Christian Church, And, in Particular, Concerning the Church of Papal Rome: in Twelve Sermons ... |
| Author | Richard Hurd |
| Publisher | Farrand, Mallory, and Company Samuel T. Armstrong, printer, Charlestown., 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 342 pages |
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