 | Religion - 1811 - 706 pages
...69, 70. and in Bishop Kurd's Sermons on Prophecy. not to gratify men's curiosity by enabling them t» foreknow things ; but that after they 'were fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the event, and his own providence, not that of the interpreter, be then manifested thereby to the world*." This same... | |
 | George Pretyman - Apologetics - 1815 - 578 pages
...God gave these and the prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosity, by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were...fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and his own providence,, not (b) Some commentators have thought that these Epistles to the Seven Churches... | |
 | Elias Boudinot - Bible - 1815 - 598 pages
...prophets— The design of God was much otherwise — he gave them not to gratify men's curiosity, by enabling them to foreknow things ; but that after they were fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the events ; and his own providence, not the interpreter's, be then manifested thereby to the world —... | |
 | George Pretyman - Anglican Communion - 1815 - 606 pages
...prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosity, by enabling 1hem to foreknow thmgs, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and his own providence, not (b) Some commentators have thought that these Epistles to the Seven Chu1xhes... | |
 | Elias Boudinot - Bible - 1815 - 600 pages
...— The design of God was much otherwise — he gave them not to gratify men's curiosity, by enabling them to foreknow things ; but that after they were fulfilled, they might be inu-tpvcAed by the events ; and his own providence, not the interpreter's, be then manifested thereby... | |
 | 1816 - 926 pages
...says, " The prophecies of the Old Testament were given, not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that, after they were...fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the event, and the providence of God, not the interpreters, be then manifested to the world." If the opinion, then,... | |
 | George Tomline - Bible - 1818 - 600 pages
...God gave these and the prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosity, by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were...fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and his own providence, not (b) Some commentators have thought that these Epistles to the Seven Churches... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1822 - 824 pages
...gave this and the prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curio, sities, by enabling .them to foreknow things, but that, after they were...fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the event, and his own providence, not the interpreters, he thus manifested thereby to the world." Having thus thrown... | |
 | Arminianism - 1819 - 996 pages
...prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, out that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event ; and his own providence, not the interpreters', be then manifested thereby to the world. If therefore we... | |
 | Granville Penn - History - 1824 - 296 pages
...otherwise. He gave " them the prophecies, not to gratify " men's curiosities by enabling them tofore" know things, but that after they were " fulfilled they might be interpreted BY THE " EVENT; and HIS OWN providence, not / " the interpreter's, be manifested thereby " to the world*." All that GOD... | |
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He gave this and the Prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and his own Providence, not the Interpreters, be then... 
