A Christian's survey of all the primary events and periods of the world; from the commencement of history to the conclusion of prophecyJohn Murray, 1824 - 234 pages |
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... reason- able judgment , of the relation of present time to the latter of those periods . By " events and periods , " is here meant , those pre- eminent stages of history and prophecy , which exhibit to the mental eye a chain of summits ...
... reason- able judgment , of the relation of present time to the latter of those periods . By " events and periods , " is here meant , those pre- eminent stages of history and prophecy , which exhibit to the mental eye a chain of summits ...
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... reason for so great a disparity in point of time , between the beginnings of those two orders of his- tory ? A. The reason is , the great disparity which subsists in age , between the earliest authorities for the events which they ...
... reason for so great a disparity in point of time , between the beginnings of those two orders of his- tory ? A. The reason is , the great disparity which subsists in age , between the earliest authorities for the events which they ...
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... reason to suspect , that Ninus is only a fictitious personage , the fabulous per- sonification of the ancient kingdom of NINEVEH , called NINUS by the Greeks . Q. Yet such histories are familiarly before us ; which purport to carry back ...
... reason to suspect , that Ninus is only a fictitious personage , the fabulous per- sonification of the ancient kingdom of NINEVEH , called NINUS by the Greeks . Q. Yet such histories are familiarly before us ; which purport to carry back ...
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... reason ? A. The reason will presently appear . Q. What is MODERN HISTORY ? A. Modern History , strictly speaking , as opposed to Ancient History , would signify , a narration of the transactions of all nations in all the ages following ...
... reason ? A. The reason will presently appear . Q. What is MODERN HISTORY ? A. Modern History , strictly speaking , as opposed to Ancient History , would signify , a narration of the transactions of all nations in all the ages following ...
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... REASON and TASTE are " the grand prerogatives of EUROPEAN " minds ; while the Asiatics have soared " to loftier heights in the sphere of the " imagination * " This judgment is in- teresting and important , because it directs . our ...
... REASON and TASTE are " the grand prerogatives of EUROPEAN " minds ; while the Asiatics have soared " to loftier heights in the sphere of the " imagination * " This judgment is in- teresting and important , because it directs . our ...
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ANCIENT HISTORY antiquity appear Asia AUGUSTUS authority Babylon BABYLONIAN birth of Christ bishops of Rome body of Empire captivity character Charlemagne chiefly Christendom Christian Church CHRISTIAN PROPHECY commencement Daniel distinguished divine prophecy dominion earth Eastern head EDOM eighth century elevation eminent EMPEROR epocha Europe expected extinction faith FIFTH EMPIRE FOURTH FRANKISH FRANKISH HEAD FRENCH EMPIRE future GENTILES GERMANIC HEAD Gibbon head of empire head of Roman heathen Hebrews horn Imperial dignity Jews king king of Germany kingdom last age LAST EMPIRE learned LIGHT Lord Lord Chancellor Bacon Macedon MACEDONIAN mankind Matth Mede ment MESSIAH mind MODERN HISTORY nations origin PAPAL MONARCHY Papal power period of profane period of sacred PERSIAN EMPIRE phecy pire Pope predicted present PRIMARY EVENT profane history PROPHECY Prophetical Figure relation RELIGIOUS history respect rise ROMAN EMPIRE SACRED AND PROFANE sacred history SECULAR history spirit tion tory Trogus Pompeius truth Turkish
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Page 215 - But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 81 - All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD : and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Page 233 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Page 225 - When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Page 82 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Page 81 - And again Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles ; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
Page 81 - Behold my servant, whom I uphold ; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth ; I have put my spirit upon him : he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Page 113 - But there is a point of depression, as well as of exaltation, from which human affairs naturally return in a contrary direction, and beyond which they seldom pass either in their advancement or decline.
Page 183 - Dan. vii. 13, 14. Which shall be eminently fulfilled after the ruin of Antichrist, which is especially the time of Christ's kingdom. And the same is the time when " the kingdom and dominion, and greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High God ;" as verse 27, in the same chapter.
Page 190 - He gave this and the Prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and his own Providence, not the Interpreters, be then manifested thereby to the world.