Dissertation on the Dragon: Beast, and False-prophet, of the Apocalypse ... and Also a Full Illustration of Daniel's Vision of the Ram and He-goat. ...author and sold, 1814 - 400 pages |
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... reason why commentators have so generally failed in their attempts to explain the prophecies contained in Daniel and the Revelation , arises from their misap- prehension of many of the symbols with which their subject has been connected ...
... reason why commentators have so generally failed in their attempts to explain the prophecies contained in Daniel and the Revelation , arises from their misap- prehension of many of the symbols with which their subject has been connected ...
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... reason , say they , it was that Achilles vanquished Hector , * for the former name contains 1276 , and the latter only 1225. † Artemidorus , ‡ in his Oneirocritica , tells us , that there were seven names of numbers used in a mystical ...
... reason , say they , it was that Achilles vanquished Hector , * for the former name contains 1276 , and the latter only 1225. † Artemidorus , ‡ in his Oneirocritica , tells us , that there were seven names of numbers used in a mystical ...
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... reason assigned for this idea of the cente- nary number is , because the Greek words ' åɣa- Da ** ( for good things ) contain it ; ++ but these words appear rather to be made for the number , than the idea of the number to be drawn from ...
... reason assigned for this idea of the cente- nary number is , because the Greek words ' åɣa- Da ** ( for good things ) contain it ; ++ but these words appear rather to be made for the number , than the idea of the number to be drawn from ...
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... reason , " he adds , " they consider Christ to have said , ' I am alpha and omega ; ' and also , that Jesus Christ descended , that is to say , a dove came upon Jesus ; now these two , that is to say , the letters & and w , and regisega ...
... reason , " he adds , " they consider Christ to have said , ' I am alpha and omega ; ' and also , that Jesus Christ descended , that is to say , a dove came upon Jesus ; now these two , that is to say , the letters & and w , and regisega ...
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... reasons already advanced . This point is farther elucidated by the peculiar modes of expression made use of by the Holy Spi- rit in speaking of this number , which are precisely the same kind which were adopted by the Greeks in ...
... reasons already advanced . This point is farther elucidated by the peculiar modes of expression made use of by the Holy Spi- rit in speaking of this number , which are precisely the same kind which were adopted by the Greeks in ...
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Page 248 - And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Page 393 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, " Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Page 152 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Page 228 - And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
Page 184 - The beast that thou sawest, was, and is not ; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition : and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, (whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world,) when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Page 265 - And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Page 159 - Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Page 328 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Page 155 - And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole. world ; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 232 - And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.