Observations on the visions of Daniel, and on part of the book of the Revelation of St. John. With an Appendix |
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... learned and ingenious argument : but I may hum- bly trust , that I have a right to examine the soundness of such arguments , and even to oppose any prior system with an hypo- thesis which appears to me to approximate nearer to the true ...
... learned and ingenious argument : but I may hum- bly trust , that I have a right to examine the soundness of such arguments , and even to oppose any prior system with an hypo- thesis which appears to me to approximate nearer to the true ...
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... learned editors of the new Family Bible have advanced at the end of their intro- duction to the Apocalypse . " In consi- deration , however , of the number of wild " and perhaps mischievous theories con- 66 cerning the times and persons ...
... learned editors of the new Family Bible have advanced at the end of their intro- duction to the Apocalypse . " In consi- deration , however , of the number of wild " and perhaps mischievous theories con- 66 cerning the times and persons ...
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... learned than myself have so well trodden the ground to my entire satisfaction , I shall not trouble myself or my reader to trace their steps , but shall refer him for an explanation of the three first kingdoms to Bishop Newton's Dissert ...
... learned than myself have so well trodden the ground to my entire satisfaction , I shall not trouble myself or my reader to trace their steps , but shall refer him for an explanation of the three first kingdoms to Bishop Newton's Dissert ...
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... learned commentators have universally applied and confined the ten toes to ten kingdoms , into which the Roman empire was to be divided after its fall ; and it is with the deepest sense of diffidence that I feel myself constrained to ...
... learned commentators have universally applied and confined the ten toes to ten kingdoms , into which the Roman empire was to be divided after its fall ; and it is with the deepest sense of diffidence that I feel myself constrained to ...
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... learned com- mentators . But to enter upon the support of my opinions in this place , would lead me too far from the subject which now presses itself upon our attention ; I must therefore reserve what I have further to say on this head ...
... learned com- mentators . But to enter upon the support of my opinions in this place , would lead me too far from the subject which now presses itself upon our attention ; I must therefore reserve what I have further to say on this head ...
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Page 32 - And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven ; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Page 152 - And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Page 107 - And he opened the bottomless pit ; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Page 88 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 22 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful, and terrible, and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it; and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
Page 231 - For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Page 18 - I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Page 83 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 176 - And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Page 96 - And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning, as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters...