The little horn of the East, an exposition of Dan. viii. 9-26, by the author of 'The great Roman eclipse'.London, 1883 - 257 pages |
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Abubeker Allah answer Antiochus Epiphanes apostle apostleship Arab Arabian army believe Bishop Caled Caliph century Chalcedon CHAPTER character Chosroes Christ Christian Church conquest Constantinople Council Council of Chalcedon Council of Ephesus course Cyril desolation Dioscurus Divine dominion Eastern Egypt Emperor Empire enemy Eutyches Eutychian expression fact faith favour Freeman Gabriel Gentiles Gibbon Greek hand hath heaven Hence Henoticon Heraclius honour Ibid idolatry Imperial imposture Islam Jewish Justinian king kingdom Koran Koreish little horn Lord magnified Mahomet means Mecca Medina Mohammed Mohammed's Mohammedan Monophysites moral Muir Neander Nestorius never night journey Ockley once party Patriarch period persecuted Persian Persian war Pope Prince principle profanation professed prophecy prophet question reason reference regard religion religious revelation Roman sanctuary Saracens simply suppose sword Syria temple thee thing thou tion true truth verily vision whole worship writer
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Page 177 - Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Page 180 - For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the 20 young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still : but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
Page 216 - Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?" And he said unto me, "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Page 97 - Yet the spoils of unknown nations were continually laid at the foot of their throne, and the uniform ascent of the Arabian greatness must be ascribed to the spirit of the nation rather than the abilities of their chiefs. A large deduction must be allowed for the weakness of their enemies. The birth of Mahomet was fortunately placed in the most degenerate and disorderly period of the Persians, the Romans, and the Barbarians of Europe: the empires of Trajan, or even of Constantine or Charlemagne, would...
Page 178 - It was foretold, that to him should the gathering of the people be ; and that God would give him the Heathen for his inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for his possession, which was punctually fulfilled by the wonderful success of the gospel, and its universal propagation throughout the world.
Page 166 - Mahomet is his apostle. If you refuse this, consent to pay tribute, and be under us forthwith. Otherwise I shall bring men against you who love death better than you do the drinking of wine or eating hog's flesh. Nor will I ever stir from you, if it please God, till I have destroyed those that fight for you, and made slaves of your children.
Page 75 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone...
Page 243 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 233 - Judaism and worse than Mosaic yoke of bondage. He can never consent to any semblance of a compromise with a system which has not yet purged itself from the taint of sexual license, concubinage, and slavery, and still uses force in the propagation of its own creed. He can have no fellowship with a religion which, however reverently it may speak of Christ, regards the doctrine of his association with God the Father as a blasphemous fable; and the facts of his crucifixion and resurrection as dangerous...
Page 176 - ... that, on the contrary, what by the ambition of the clergy, and what by drawing the abstrusest niceties into controversy, and dividing and subdividing about them into endless schisms and contentions, they had so destroyed that peace, love, and charity from among them, which the gospel was given to promote ; and, instead thereof, continually provoked each other to that malice, rancour, and every evil work ; that they had lost the whole substance of their religion, while they thus eagerly...