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Page iii
... God's peculiar people were to be punished , but not to be abandoned . The prophecies are so intelligible , that it is astonishing they should be misunderstood ; but men's errors will be rectified , and their sins corrected and expiated ...
... God's peculiar people were to be punished , but not to be abandoned . The prophecies are so intelligible , that it is astonishing they should be misunderstood ; but men's errors will be rectified , and their sins corrected and expiated ...
Page vii
... God whose providence governs the world , and all the creatures in it , is it not reasonable to think that he has a special care of man , the noblest part of the visible world , and that having made them capable of eternal dura- tion he ...
... God whose providence governs the world , and all the creatures in it , is it not reasonable to think that he has a special care of man , the noblest part of the visible world , and that having made them capable of eternal dura- tion he ...
Page ix
... God created the heaven , and the earth : " He could not speak more assuredly if he had been a spectator , and by these words mythology systems and absurdities shrink to nought , and are mere chimeras in the eye of reason . All the ...
... God created the heaven , and the earth : " He could not speak more assuredly if he had been a spectator , and by these words mythology systems and absurdities shrink to nought , and are mere chimeras in the eye of reason . All the ...
Page xi
... God and his people ; instead of political speculations , they consulted the Urim and Thummim ; instead of precarious human suggestions , they had the dictates of the divine oracle ; while they were obedient to God's injunctions they ...
... God and his people ; instead of political speculations , they consulted the Urim and Thummim ; instead of precarious human suggestions , they had the dictates of the divine oracle ; while they were obedient to God's injunctions they ...
Page xiv
... God ! and what man can comprehend thee ? If the heavens and their hosts are so brilliant and grand , that the eye is dazzled by their splendor , what art thou , O God ! whose glory so transcends these feeble images of thy greatness ...
... God ! and what man can comprehend thee ? If the heavens and their hosts are so brilliant and grand , that the eye is dazzled by their splendor , what art thou , O God ! whose glory so transcends these feeble images of thy greatness ...
Common terms and phrases
accomplished afflictions Assyrians Babylonish captivity Balaam Behold Bishop Lowth body Botsrah called cause chap children of Israel Christians contrary controversy of Zion delivered denotes destroyed destruction divine doctrine dreadful captivity earth Edom Egypt enemies exalted expression faith foretold fulfilled future restoration glory God's hath heaven holy Isai Isaiah Israel Israelites Jacob Jerusalem Jesus Jewish nation Jews Judah judge Kenites king kingdom land latter days long and dreadful LORD thy mankind massacres means mentioned verse Messiah miracles Moab Moses observes persecutions person possessed predicted promises prophet prophet says punishment redeemed religion resurrection return from Babylon righteous Sabellian saith the LORD salvation Scripture second Temple sense shewn at large shews soul speaks spirit of prophecy suffered take place thee thine thing thou shalt tion tribe of Judah true Messiah truth Unity unto Urim and Thummim vengeance verse 1st verse 3d verse 7th worship Zion
Popular passages
Page 185 - AND it shall come to pass in the last days, That the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob ; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths : For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 15 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the LORD their God.
Page 49 - Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried ; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Page 161 - With my soul have I desired thee in the night ; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early : for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Page 108 - Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division : for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Page 27 - And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Page 13 - Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed His whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Page 28 - I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 21 - And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations whither the LORD thy GOD hath driven thee, and shalt return unto the LORD thy GOD, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul...
Page 48 - Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people ; for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land and to his people.