The Sibylline Oracles: Translated from the Best Greek Copies, and Compar'd with the Sacred Prophesies, Especially with Daniel and the Revelations and with So Much History as Plainly Shews, that Many of the Sibyls Predictions are Exactly Fulfill'd : with Answers to the Objections Usually Made Against Them |
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... call'd Herophile , who brought nine Books to Tarquinius Prifcus , of which fhe burnt all but three , and thefe pe- rish'd with the Capitol 83 Years before Chrift ; 8. the Hellefpontiaca , born in Mar- pefus , in the time of Cyrus ; 9 ...
... call'd Herophile , who brought nine Books to Tarquinius Prifcus , of which fhe burnt all but three , and thefe pe- rish'd with the Capitol 83 Years before Chrift ; 8. the Hellefpontiaca , born in Mar- pefus , in the time of Cyrus ; 9 ...
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... call'd Si- byls ; and the Devil , in imitation of these , made ufe of Women in his Oracles . That fome Women were infpir'd among the Jews , is evident from Scripture ; Debo- rah ( Judg . 4. ) ; Miriam the Sifter of Mofes , ( Exod . 22 ) ...
... call'd Si- byls ; and the Devil , in imitation of these , made ufe of Women in his Oracles . That fome Women were infpir'd among the Jews , is evident from Scripture ; Debo- rah ( Judg . 4. ) ; Miriam the Sifter of Mofes , ( Exod . 22 ) ...
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... call'd Athenais , fhe liv'd in Alexan- der's time . Plutarch obferv'd , that the Sibyls predict- ed the Destruction of Cities , the Irruption of the Armies of Barbarians , the Everfion of Empire , which came to pafs in Greece ; and the ...
... call'd Athenais , fhe liv'd in Alexan- der's time . Plutarch obferv'd , that the Sibyls predict- ed the Destruction of Cities , the Irruption of the Armies of Barbarians , the Everfion of Empire , which came to pafs in Greece ; and the ...
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... call'd a pure Virgin : The Woman , or Widow , is the Roman corrupt Church , or Whore . Nero was a Prince of great Cruelty , who flew his Mother . The Ottoman Cruelty to their own Family , and to others , is repre- fented by Nero ...
... call'd a pure Virgin : The Woman , or Widow , is the Roman corrupt Church , or Whore . Nero was a Prince of great Cruelty , who flew his Mother . The Ottoman Cruelty to their own Family , and to others , is repre- fented by Nero ...
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... call'd the great King of great Rome , who equals him- felf to God , ( i . e . by affuming to himself the Title of ... call'd the Offspring of Latin Rome . The Saracens are Ishmaelites , begot by A- braham on Hagar , and they are call'd ...
... call'd the great King of great Rome , who equals him- felf to God , ( i . e . by affuming to himself the Title of ... call'd the Offspring of Latin Rome . The Saracens are Ishmaelites , begot by A- braham on Hagar , and they are call'd ...
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Page 205 - And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell ; and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.
Page 316 - Therefore thy gates shall be open continually ; they shall not be shut day nor night ; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
Page 293 - The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, And utter his voice from Jerusalem ; And the heavens and the earth shall shake: But the Lord will be the hope of his people, And the strength of the children of Israel.
Page 309 - The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Page 317 - For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream : then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Page 306 - And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered. And also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
Page 303 - I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Page 202 - And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea ; and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.
Page 211 - Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire : for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Page 211 - Go out from her, my people: that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.