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... emperors . 4. The kingdom of the Ostro - Goths having been overthrown by the arms of Justinian , the Roman people came again under Imperial domi- nion ; but it was that of the Emperors of the East ; and , after a short interval , they ...
... emperors . 4. The kingdom of the Ostro - Goths having been overthrown by the arms of Justinian , the Roman people came again under Imperial domi- nion ; but it was that of the Emperors of the East ; and , after a short interval , they ...
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... Emperors , they permitted themselves to 66 66 66 66 despise , and sometimes to forget , the outlying " countries , which had been left in the enjoyment " of a barbarous independence ; and they gradu- ally usurped the licence of ...
... Emperors , they permitted themselves to 66 66 66 66 despise , and sometimes to forget , the outlying " countries , which had been left in the enjoyment " of a barbarous independence ; and they gradu- ally usurped the licence of ...
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... emperor at their head ; " who greatly en- larged the boundaries of the empire , beyond those , within which it had been hitherto confined . This is a circumstance most particularly foreshewn to the prophet , in the very commencement of ...
... emperor at their head ; " who greatly en- larged the boundaries of the empire , beyond those , within which it had been hitherto confined . This is a circumstance most particularly foreshewn to the prophet , in the very commencement of ...
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... Emperors , on account of its nearness to their capital , yet it partook very sensibly of the various fluctuations ... Emperor John Ducas , yet it never recovered from the blow it had received . It was at length totally ruined in the ...
... Emperors , on account of its nearness to their capital , yet it partook very sensibly of the various fluctuations ... Emperor John Ducas , yet it never recovered from the blow it had received . It was at length totally ruined in the ...
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... Emperors had hitherto affected to despise , and of the very existence of whom they were , in many instances , altogether ignorant ? Yet , not- withstanding all this , the prophecy asserts , that One should " go forth conquering , " and ...
... Emperors had hitherto affected to despise , and of the very existence of whom they were , in many instances , altogether ignorant ? Yet , not- withstanding all this , the prophecy asserts , that One should " go forth conquering , " and ...
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Page 91 - And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth : and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou...
Page 91 - ... the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him : thousand thousands ministered unto him : and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him : the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Page 61 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 181 - 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 12 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Page 235 - THE visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 104 - The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Page 168 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 27 - 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 422 - Fear God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment is come : and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.