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... period of their history , " did run well , " but who have subse- quently become as inactive in reference to the diffusion of the Gospel , as if a prophet had been deputed to say to them , 66 your strength is to sit still . " Such ...
... period of their history , " did run well , " but who have subse- quently become as inactive in reference to the diffusion of the Gospel , as if a prophet had been deputed to say to them , 66 your strength is to sit still . " Such ...
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... period when he would " restore the kingdom to Israel , " or , in other words , re - establish the Theocracy : but the question does not at all imply , that they mistook its nature , or that they even confidently expected it at that time ...
... period when he would " restore the kingdom to Israel , " or , in other words , re - establish the Theocracy : but the question does not at all imply , that they mistook its nature , or that they even confidently expected it at that time ...
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... period , but is gradual and succes- sive . This distinction is founded in the reason of the thing . He could only come in person at one limited time . He comes in his power and providence through all ages of the church . His first ...
... period , but is gradual and succes- sive . This distinction is founded in the reason of the thing . He could only come in person at one limited time . He comes in his power and providence through all ages of the church . His first ...
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... period not very remote , in the fourth generation , or four hundred years thereafter . The promise of a numerous posterity , with a grant Heb . 11. 9-16 . † Gen. 17. 1-15 ; 22. 15-18 . Genesis , 12. 7 ; 13. 14-17 ; 15. 13-16 . of the ...
... period not very remote , in the fourth generation , or four hundred years thereafter . The promise of a numerous posterity , with a grant Heb . 11. 9-16 . † Gen. 17. 1-15 ; 22. 15-18 . Genesis , 12. 7 ; 13. 14-17 ; 15. 13-16 . of the ...
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... period of the rejection of the Jews , was , or could be , the thing intended by the prophecy , according to its literal or grammatical import . That teaches , that the blessed inheritance connected with , and intended by the land of ...
... period of the rejection of the Jews , was , or could be , the thing intended by the prophecy , according to its literal or grammatical import . That teaches , that the blessed inheritance connected with , and intended by the land of ...
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Page 306 - And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown and in his hand a sharp sickle.
Page 305 - 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 331 - So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Page 278 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly ; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Page 284 - I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom (Daniel 7:19-22, emphasis supplied).
Page 17 - From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Page 96 - And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. 20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speaK a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Page 307 - And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire: and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth: for her grapes are fully ripe.
Page 335 - Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Page 336 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels : for I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me not in : naked, and ye clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.