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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... century , after Noah came out of the ark , his descendants , who might already have increased to a million of souls ... centuries upon earth and for centuries persecute the church , how could the church live ? She almost expires in ...
... century , after Noah came out of the ark , his descendants , who might already have increased to a million of souls ... centuries upon earth and for centuries persecute the church , how could the church live ? She almost expires in ...
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... century , in the year 588 , Nebuchadnezzar , king of Babylon , invaded Jerusalem ; destroyed the city and Temple ; * took all the treasures of the house of the Lord , and of the king's house ; the king , and princes , and , chief men ...
... century , in the year 588 , Nebuchadnezzar , king of Babylon , invaded Jerusalem ; destroyed the city and Temple ; * took all the treasures of the house of the Lord , and of the king's house ; the king , and princes , and , chief men ...
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... century after , in the days of Josiah . In the interim between these excellent monarchs , the throne of Judah had been filled by a monster in wickedness . Manasseh reigned fifty - five years , and bent the whole energy of his government ...
... century after , in the days of Josiah . In the interim between these excellent monarchs , the throne of Judah had been filled by a monster in wickedness . Manasseh reigned fifty - five years , and bent the whole energy of his government ...
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... century after its delivery . Zephaniah was of royal extract and lived in the time of king Josiah . In terms wonderfully descriptive , he denounces ven- geance against the wicked Jews ; the Philistines ; the Moab . ites ; Ammonites ...
... century after its delivery . Zephaniah was of royal extract and lived in the time of king Josiah . In terms wonderfully descriptive , he denounces ven- geance against the wicked Jews ; the Philistines ; the Moab . ites ; Ammonites ...
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... century of the Christian era . Even a division of letters into words was then unknown . A whole line was written as though it was one word . Ptolemy Philadelphus , who succeeded Soter , 285 B. C. was very favorable to the Jews . He ...
... century of the Christian era . Even a division of letters into words was then unknown . A whole line was written as though it was one word . Ptolemy Philadelphus , who succeeded Soter , 285 B. C. was very favorable to the Jews . He ...
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Page 19 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 134 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel : for I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Page 34 - 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 70 - 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 37 - 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.
Page 15 - But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 31 - 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 72 - 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 107 - But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither : notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee : 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Page 70 - I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots : and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.