A Discourse, in Two Parts, Delivered July 23, 1812, on the Public Fast, in the Chapel of Yale College |
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... falling of the cities of the nations , the fleeing away of the isl- ands , the vanishing of the mountains , and the plague of hail . The third is , the effect of these convulsions upon Babylon itself . The great city was divided into ...
... falling of the cities of the nations , the fleeing away of the isl- ands , the vanishing of the mountains , and the plague of hail . The third is , the effect of these convulsions upon Babylon itself . The great city was divided into ...
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... falls under the two last of these vials : and these are all included under the general one , that the facts , which have ta- ken place during the last 120 years , particularly during the last 80 , and still more especially during the ...
... falls under the two last of these vials : and these are all included under the general one , that the facts , which have ta- ken place during the last 120 years , particularly during the last 80 , and still more especially during the ...
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... fall into the pit which they digged , and into the snares which their hands had set ; it is impossible to conjecture the extent to which they would have carried their devastation of human happiness . But , like the profligate rulers of ...
... fall into the pit which they digged , and into the snares which their hands had set ; it is impossible to conjecture the extent to which they would have carried their devastation of human happiness . But , like the profligate rulers of ...
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... fall , with less agony , upon the edge of the sword . The female sex sunk gradually from the high level , to which the Gospel had raised them , towards the miserable degra- dation , to which they have been depressed by Mo- hammedans and ...
... fall , with less agony , upon the edge of the sword . The female sex sunk gradually from the high level , to which the Gospel had raised them , towards the miserable degra- dation , to which they have been depressed by Mo- hammedans and ...
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... fall , the mountains cease to be found , and the great hail come down upon men out of heaven , the pe- riod will be sufficiently distressing to overwhelm with terror , distress , and amazement , all the bold , impious wretches , who ...
... fall , the mountains cease to be found , and the great hail come down upon men out of heaven , the pe- riod will be sufficiently distressing to overwhelm with terror , distress , and amazement , all the bold , impious wretches , who ...
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Page 15 - And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Page 10 - And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Page 15 - 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 10 - For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 27 - And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Page 9 - And the fifth angel poured, out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their, tongues for pain, and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Page 24 - And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
Page 10 - Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.