A Concise Exposition of the Apocalypse, So Far as the Prophecies are Fulfilled: To which are Prefixed The History of Christianity Epitomised: and A Vocabulary of Symbols, with Scriptural Authority for Their Interpretation ... |
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... hands of each other in the Donatist faction , which originated in a contest for worldly power . But the hatred excited by religi- ous animosity for the most trifling disagreement in the articles of belief , utterly extinguished every ...
... hands of each other in the Donatist faction , which originated in a contest for worldly power . But the hatred excited by religi- ous animosity for the most trifling disagreement in the articles of belief , utterly extinguished every ...
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... hands of the people , as they have been since the art of printing was discovered . The clergy were the only depositaries of this sacred trust , and through them alone was the light of the gospel dis- pensed to their flock . How unworthy ...
... hands of the people , as they have been since the art of printing was discovered . The clergy were the only depositaries of this sacred trust , and through them alone was the light of the gospel dis- pensed to their flock . How unworthy ...
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... hands of his predecessors , Moses and Christ ; sent into the world for the same purpose as him- self , or to establish the worship of one God . But the obstinacy of mankind , in disregarding their precepts , had determined the Almighty ...
... hands of his predecessors , Moses and Christ ; sent into the world for the same purpose as him- self , or to establish the worship of one God . But the obstinacy of mankind , in disregarding their precepts , had determined the Almighty ...
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... hands of the Turks ; it is ques- tionable whether they were productive of any one benefit , to counterbalance the incalculable evils to which they certainly gave rise . Not to dwell upon the temporal calamities that flowed from them ...
... hands of the Turks ; it is ques- tionable whether they were productive of any one benefit , to counterbalance the incalculable evils to which they certainly gave rise . Not to dwell upon the temporal calamities that flowed from them ...
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... hand been denied , that the number of the crusades was really seven . This objection , however , appears to have little foundation ; for two , which are probably taken into account by the objector , cannot fairly be in- cluded ; one of ...
... hand been denied , that the number of the crusades was really seven . This objection , however , appears to have little foundation ; for two , which are probably taken into account by the objector , cannot fairly be in- cluded ; one of ...
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Page 19 - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron ; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Page 18 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Page 5 - 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 12 - And another angel came and stood at . the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 85 - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come : but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Page 7 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood...
Page 5 - How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth ? and white robes were given unto every one of them ; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Page 10 - And all the angels stood round about the throne and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying ; Amen ; Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 22 - And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
Page 38 - 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.