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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... laft : The account of the Romans is chiefly the first fif- teen Emperors , and the Birth of Chrift in the peaceable time of Auguftus , when Ægypt was conquer'd ; then the time of the Mar- tyrs is defcrib'd , the Conftantinopolitan Em ...
... laft : The account of the Romans is chiefly the first fif- teen Emperors , and the Birth of Chrift in the peaceable time of Auguftus , when Ægypt was conquer'd ; then the time of the Mar- tyrs is defcrib'd , the Conftantinopolitan Em ...
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... laft . · The Copy I us'd was that of Opfopaus , prin- ted 1607 ; I have feen a former Edition , in 1599 , and lately Gallaus's Edition , 1689 ; from these I have made the best Translation I could , and have chiefly aim'd at the Senfe ...
... laft . · The Copy I us'd was that of Opfopaus , prin- ted 1607 ; I have feen a former Edition , in 1599 , and lately Gallaus's Edition , 1689 ; from these I have made the best Translation I could , and have chiefly aim'd at the Senfe ...
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... laft ; what was done at firft , what Sibyl things are now , and what are to come in the three first World thro ' the Impiety of Men . wrote the Books , in which all from fir to laft . The Crea rion de- Firft , God commands me to declare ...
... laft ; what was done at firft , what Sibyl things are now , and what are to come in the three first World thro ' the Impiety of Men . wrote the Books , in which all from fir to laft . The Crea rion de- Firft , God commands me to declare ...
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... laft and greatest Kind of Warriours , defiled with Slaughter , Men of violent Councils in the fourth Gene- ration , who shed much Blood , neither fearing GOD nor Men . Thefe were excited by a mad Paffion of Anger and wretched Impiety ...
... laft and greatest Kind of Warriours , defiled with Slaughter , Men of violent Councils in the fourth Gene- ration , who shed much Blood , neither fearing GOD nor Men . Thefe were excited by a mad Paffion of Anger and wretched Impiety ...
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... laft be fubject to him till the Millennium . After this , Elias fhall come from Heaven with these three Signs , two Comets , a general Darkneß , and a burning River : Then fhall be the Resurrection , the Wicked punish'd , and the Fuft ...
... laft be fubject to him till the Millennium . After this , Elias fhall come from Heaven with these three Signs , two Comets , a general Darkneß , and a burning River : Then fhall be the Resurrection , the Wicked punish'd , and the Fuft ...
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Ægypt Affyrians Afia minor againſt alfo amongſt Anno Antichrift Babylon Beafts Beaſt becauſe Book burnt Caliph call'd cauſe Chap Chrift Chriftians Church City Conftantinople Conqueft conquer'd defcrib'd Defcription deftroy'd Deftruction deſtroy Eaft Earth fhall Earthquakes Egypt Emperor Euphrates fame fays fecond fent feven fhall deftroy fhall fall fhall reign fhalt fhew fhould fignifies fince Fire firft firſt flain fome fuch fuffer Gentiles Gog and Magog Greece Heaven Hiftory himſelf Holy Houſe Idolatry Ifrael Immortal Italy Jerufalem Jews Juft King fhall Kingdom Lactantius laft Land laſt liv'd Lord Lycia Mahomet mention'd miferable Millennium moſt muft muſt Nero Note Orac Ottoman Perfecution Perfia Phoenicia Phrygia Plague Pope Prince Prophefies Prophets Refurrection reprefented Revelations rife Roman Empire Rome Saracens ſhall Sibylline Oracles Sibyls Syria Tartars Temple thee thefe Oracles theſe things thofe thoſe thou shalt Thrace thro Turkish Turks Verfes Weft Weſtern whofe wicked World worship
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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.