A Concise Exposition of the Apocalypse, So Far as the Prophecies are Fulfilled: To which are Prefixed The History of Christianity Epitomised: and A Vocabulary of Symbols, with Scriptural Authority for Their Interpretation ... |
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... heads , one including that of the Greeks , adopted also by the Romans , and the other that of the Orientals , which had its votaries in Persia , Sy- ria , Chaldea , Egypt , and even among the Jews . The Grecian and Roman philosophy was ...
... heads , one including that of the Greeks , adopted also by the Romans , and the other that of the Orientals , which had its votaries in Persia , Sy- ria , Chaldea , Egypt , and even among the Jews . The Grecian and Roman philosophy was ...
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... heads . There are indeed writers who maintain that the histories of the earlier persecutions have been much exaggerated , and perhaps the maxim of medio tu- tissimus ' may be applicable here . If the Christians suffered along with ...
... heads . There are indeed writers who maintain that the histories of the earlier persecutions have been much exaggerated , and perhaps the maxim of medio tu- tissimus ' may be applicable here . If the Christians suffered along with ...
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... head , as in the Arian and Trinitarian controversy ; which began in the fourth century , and in a short time gave rise to others , upon subjects equally be- yond the reach of human research . The impossi- bility of producing uniformity ...
... head , as in the Arian and Trinitarian controversy ; which began in the fourth century , and in a short time gave rise to others , upon subjects equally be- yond the reach of human research . The impossi- bility of producing uniformity ...
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... head of the universal church . The object of both Papacy and Mahommedism was the same , or world- ly power , but in outward form and appearance , they were widely different ; the one a military despot- ism , openly avowing the ...
... head of the universal church . The object of both Papacy and Mahommedism was the same , or world- ly power , but in outward form and appearance , they were widely different ; the one a military despot- ism , openly avowing the ...
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... heads and ten horns ; the heads being expressly de- clared to be typical of its seven successive forms of government , and the horns to signify ten kingdoms , into which the empire , at the time of the prophecy entire and unbroken , was ...
... heads and ten horns ; the heads being expressly de- clared to be typical of its seven successive forms of government , and the horns to signify ten kingdoms , into which the empire , at the time of the prophecy entire and unbroken , was ...
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Page 19 - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron ; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Page 18 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Page 5 - I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 12 - And another angel came and stood at . the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 85 - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come : but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Page 7 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood...
Page 5 - How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth ? and white robes were given unto every one of them ; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Page 10 - And all the angels stood round about the throne and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying ; Amen ; Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 22 - And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
Page 38 - And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion : and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.