An Introduction to the Study of the Prophecies Concerning the Christian Church, And, in Particular, Concerning the Church of Papal Rome: in Twelve Sermons ...Farrand, Mallory, and Company Samuel T. Armstrong, printer, Charlestown., 1809 - Antichrist - 342 pages |
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... scheme , that prophecy is of divine inspiration , there can be no presumption in arguing from the grounds here supposed in fa- vour of prophecy . Because , though all conclu- sions from a principle of human invention must be hazardous ...
... scheme , that prophecy is of divine inspiration , there can be no presumption in arguing from the grounds here supposed in fa- vour of prophecy . Because , though all conclu- sions from a principle of human invention must be hazardous ...
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... and even run out to the end of time , or , in St. John's expression , to that period , when the mystery of God shall be perfected . * * Rev. x . 7 . 2. Further , besides the extent of this prophetic scheme THE TRUE IDEA OF PROPHECY . 39-
... and even run out to the end of time , or , in St. John's expression , to that period , when the mystery of God shall be perfected . * * Rev. x . 7 . 2. Further , besides the extent of this prophetic scheme THE TRUE IDEA OF PROPHECY . 39-
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Richard Hurd. 2. Further , besides the extent of this prophetic scheme , the dignity of the Person , whom it con- cerns , deserves our consideration . He is described in terms , which excite the most august and mag- nificent ideas . He ...
Richard Hurd. 2. Further , besides the extent of this prophetic scheme , the dignity of the Person , whom it con- cerns , deserves our consideration . He is described in terms , which excite the most august and mag- nificent ideas . He ...
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... scheme correspond to our best ideas of that infinite Being , to whom all dura- tion is but a point , and to whose view all time is equally present ? Is not the object of this scheme , the Lamb of God that was slain from the foun- dation ...
... scheme correspond to our best ideas of that infinite Being , to whom all dura- tion is but a point , and to whose view all time is equally present ? Is not the object of this scheme , the Lamb of God that was slain from the foun- dation ...
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... scheme , as that of prophecy is in scripture represented to be , appears not , so far as we have hitherto consid- ered it , to be opposed or lessened in any de- gree by our natural prejudices ; by the best notions , I mean , which we ...
... scheme , as that of prophecy is in scripture represented to be , appears not , so far as we have hitherto consid- ered it , to be opposed or lessened in any de- gree by our natural prejudices ; by the best notions , I mean , which we ...
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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.