A Discourse, in Two Parts, Delivered July 23, 1812, on the Public Fast, in the Chapel of Yale College |
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... whole nation , per- sonified agreeably to the 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 ...
... whole nation , per- sonified agreeably to the 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 ...
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... whole meaning of this very concise , very figurative , and therefore very ob- scure , passage of Scripture . A religious assembly , gathered in this land at the present moment , can hardly be supposed to feel a spirit of indifference ...
... whole meaning of this very concise , very figurative , and therefore very ob- scure , passage of Scripture . A religious assembly , gathered in this land at the present moment , can hardly be supposed to feel a spirit of indifference ...
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... whole world , to gather them to the battle of that " great day of GOD Almighty . Behold , I come as à " thief . Blessed is he that watcheth , and keepeth his 66 garments , lest he walk naked , and they see his " shame . And he gathered ...
... whole world , to gather them to the battle of that " great day of GOD Almighty . Behold , I come as à " thief . Blessed is he that watcheth , and keepeth his 66 garments , lest he walk naked , and they see his " shame . And he gathered ...
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... earth , and of the whole world . The end for which they are permitted to do this , is that the kings of the earth , i . e . the powers and potentates of the Roman empire , and many others , together with them , may be ( 12 )
... earth , and of the whole world . The end for which they are permitted to do this , is that the kings of the earth , i . e . the powers and potentates of the Roman empire , and many others , together with them , may be ( 12 )
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... whole Christian world . If then , the city , in this sense , is divided and distract- ed , the prediction is answered . The parts into which it is exhibited , as thus divided , are here said to be three : a definite number for an ...
... whole Christian world . If then , the city , in this sense , is divided and distract- ed , the prediction is answered . The parts into which it is exhibited , as thus divided , are here said to be three : a definite number for an ...
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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.