| George Pearson - Bible - 1835 - 482 pages
...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 interpreter's, be manifested thereby to the world. For the event of things... | |
| 1836 - 574 pages
...prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosities, by enabling them to foreknow all things; but that after they were fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the event, and his own providence, not the interpreters, might be manifest thereby to the world." The portion of the... | |
| John Bainbridge Smith - Theology, Doctrinal - 1836 - 654 pages
...enabling them to foreknow things, and thus to set up for prophets ; but that, in Sir Isaac Newton's words, after they were fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the event; and that His own providence — (not the foresight of the interpreters) — might be thereby manifested... | |
| Benjamin Elliott Nicholls - Bible - 1838 - 304 pages
...prophets. He gave this 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 the interpreters, be then manifested thereby to the world." The following passages... | |
| David Brewster - 1838 - 334 pages
...relation which the Apocalypse has to the prophecies of Daniel, and of the subject of the prophecy itself. after they were fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the event, and afford convincing arguments that the woild is governed by Providence. He considers that theie is so... | |
| New Church preacher - 1839 - 784 pages
...prophecies of the Old Testament not to gratify men's curiosity by enabling them to foreknow things, but after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and his own providence, and not the interpreter be then manifested to the world." In addition to these... | |
| John Hayden (independent minister.) - 1841 - 80 pages
...fie 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 manifested thereby to the world." prophecy," these... | |
| Baptists - 1842 - 402 pages
...the Revelations,) 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 God's own providence, (or foresight,) not the interpreter's, be then manifested to the world." This... | |
| sir George Pretyman Tomline (bart, bp. of Winchester.) - 1843 - 630 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 that of the interpreters, be then manifested thereby to the world." — " To... | |
| Thomas Newton (bp. of Bristol.) - 1845 - 224 pages
...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 manifested thereby to the world." If therefore we... | |
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