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... thousands of mankind in Europe and Africa , and tossed the ocean into an unusual ferment for thousands of miles . Great Britain has trembled from shore to shore , and some parts of America seemed to sympathize with it . Solid rocks have ...
... thousands of mankind in Europe and Africa , and tossed the ocean into an unusual ferment for thousands of miles . Great Britain has trembled from shore to shore , and some parts of America seemed to sympathize with it . Solid rocks have ...
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... thousand times hotter than red - hot iron . And Doctor Halley ob . serves , that the last time it revolved , it moved in the same line in which the earth performs her annual course round the sun ; but then the earth was on the other ...
... thousand times hotter than red - hot iron . And Doctor Halley ob . serves , that the last time it revolved , it moved in the same line in which the earth performs her annual course round the sun ; but then the earth was on the other ...
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... thousand years : there he might place certain powers , for this end , to give an alarm to the world when he should be about to accomplish some important revolution . Thus , you see , it is not necessary to the present inquiry to ...
... thousand years : there he might place certain powers , for this end , to give an alarm to the world when he should be about to accomplish some important revolution . Thus , you see , it is not necessary to the present inquiry to ...
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... thousand men were swallowed up . De Bell . Jud . c . xix . Terræmotus autem , præterquam quod signa sunt iræ divinæ , eos aut procurantis , aut impedire nolentis , graves etiam clades sæpe urbibus ad ferunt , Grot , in Matt . xxiv ...
... thousand men were swallowed up . De Bell . Jud . c . xix . Terræmotus autem , præterquam quod signa sunt iræ divinæ , eos aut procurantis , aut impedire nolentis , graves etiam clades sæpe urbibus ad ferunt , Grot , in Matt . xxiv ...
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... thousand such things , were , with them , significant tokens of some important events . But though this shows their superstition , yet it also seems to show that it is natural to mankind to look upon some things as omin- ous , and that ...
... thousand such things , were , with them , significant tokens of some important events . But though this shows their superstition , yet it also seems to show that it is natural to mankind to look upon some things as omin- ous , and that ...
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Page 33 - And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God. That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Page 188 - For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Page 339 - By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive...
Page 133 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing ; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
Page 9 - And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring, men's hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth ; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Page 240 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 32 - Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Page 79 - The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage ; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it ; and it shall fall and not rise again.
Page 43 - And the work of righteousness shall be peace ; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places, when it shall hail, coming down on the forest ; and the city shall be low in a low place.
Page 42 - Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.