A Discourse, in Two Parts, Delivered July 23, 1812, on the Public Fast, in the Chapel of Yale College |
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... manner of writing , which is so customary with the prophets of the Old Testament . That the call is directed to Isaiah himself , there can be no doubt : because he asserts it in the most direct " " terms , " He calleth to ME . ( 4 )
... manner of writing , which is so customary with the prophets of the Old Testament . That the call is directed to Isaiah himself , there can be no doubt : because he asserts it in the most direct " " terms , " He calleth to ME . ( 4 )
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... prophetic voice declared , the disastrous consequences , which have since followed these darling measures . The period in which we live , is , in my own belief , marked out in prophecy as a part of that which is in- cluded within the ...
... prophetic voice declared , the disastrous consequences , which have since followed these darling measures . The period in which we live , is , in my own belief , marked out in prophecy as a part of that which is in- cluded within the ...
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... prophecy , will , I suppose , not be questioned ; as without violence it plainly cannot.— The seat of the beast is literally his throne , and sym- bolically his power . Every one knows , that this great providential dispensation was ...
... prophecy , will , I suppose , not be questioned ; as without violence it plainly cannot.— The seat of the beast is literally his throne , and sym- bolically his power . Every one knows , that this great providential dispensation was ...
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... prophecy , and to render obscure what was otherwise plain . The kings of the East mean , here , nothing but the destroyers of the spi- ritual Babylon . Had the names , Cyrus and Cyaxares , or Cyrus and Darius , been set down , instead ...
... prophecy , and to render obscure what was otherwise plain . The kings of the East mean , here , nothing but the destroyers of the spi- ritual Babylon . Had the names , Cyrus and Cyaxares , or Cyrus and Darius , been set down , instead ...
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... prophecy , sum- marily expressed , is the following : that while provi- dence shall be employed in reducing the wealth , strength , and safety , of the Romish empire , a collection of men , of demon - like character , polluted and ...
... prophecy , sum- marily expressed , is the following : that while provi- dence shall be employed in reducing the wealth , strength , and safety , of the Romish empire , a collection of men , of demon - like character , polluted and ...
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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.