Divine Providence, Or, The Three Cycles of Revelation: Showing the Parallelism of the Patriarchal, Jewish, and Christian Dispensations : Being a New Evidence of the Divine Origin of ChristianityJames Duncan, 1834 - 627 pages |
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... of England , and their learning and ho- nesty have done honour to that venerable protec- tress of all that is good and true in human prin- ciple . In offering a new tribute to that Church , and to the Religion of which it has long been.
... of England , and their learning and ho- nesty have done honour to that venerable protec- tress of all that is good and true in human prin- ciple . In offering a new tribute to that Church , and to the Religion of which it has long been.
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... Religion of which it has long been the most eminent champion , the writer of these pages is desirous only of ... religious revolutions of the East , and the political phenomena of the West . His reply is thin and imperfect , but it ...
... Religion of which it has long been the most eminent champion , the writer of these pages is desirous only of ... religious revolutions of the East , and the political phenomena of the West . His reply is thin and imperfect , but it ...
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... religion . He appeals to the common instances of imposture , of religious fanaticism , of that mixture of intellec- tual feebleness with religious ardor , which has filled the world with the follies or the furies of enthusiasm . His ...
... religion . He appeals to the common instances of imposture , of religious fanaticism , of that mixture of intellec- tual feebleness with religious ardor , which has filled the world with the follies or the furies of enthusiasm . His ...
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... religious opinion . It will be shown that the leading facts of Christian history have been the leading facts of the two former dispen- sations , Judæism and the Patriarchal religion ; and that those facts have occurred in the three ...
... religious opinion . It will be shown that the leading facts of Christian history have been the leading facts of the two former dispen- sations , Judæism and the Patriarchal religion ; and that those facts have occurred in the three ...
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... religion in this especial point of view , as the strongest , has been a peculiar purpose of Hea- ven ; from the very nature of types and prophecy . The chief value of prophecy is certainly not in what it could communicate at the time of ...
... religion in this especial point of view , as the strongest , has been a peculiar purpose of Hea- ven ; from the very nature of types and prophecy . The chief value of prophecy is certainly not in what it could communicate at the time of ...
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Page 25 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years : 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so.
Page 186 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
Page xi - And when he had opened the fifth seal, 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 515 - And the seventh angel sounded ; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever...
Page 262 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 550 - But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Page 164 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 132 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 400 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them.