A Dissertation on the Prophecies, that Have Been Fulfilled, are Now Fulfilling, Or Will Hereafter be Fulfilled, Relative to the Great Period of 1260 Years: The Papal and Mohammedan Apostacies, the Tyrannical Reign of Antichrist, Or the Infidel Power, and the Restoration of the Jews ; to which is Added, an AppendixM. and W. Ward, and E. Duyckinck, 1811 - 583 pages |
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... never to vary from that meaning ; 2. To allow no interpretation of a prophecy to be valid , except the prophecy agree , in every particular , with the event to which it is supposed to relate ; 3. And to deny , that any link of a ...
... never to vary from that meaning ; 2. To allow no interpretation of a prophecy to be valid , except the prophecy agree , in every particular , with the event to which it is supposed to relate ; 3. And to deny , that any link of a ...
Page 10
... never be made to synchronize with the delivering of the saints into the hand of the Papal little horn in the year 606 ; nor is it to me at least at all satisfactory to be told , that the nearest round number , which will include the ...
... never be made to synchronize with the delivering of the saints into the hand of the Papal little horn in the year 606 ; nor is it to me at least at all satisfactory to be told , that the nearest round number , which will include the ...
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... is re- peatedly guilty of another ; I mean the want of a strict adherence to unity of symbolical interpretation . If a symbol may signify one thing in one part of a prophecy , and another thing in another part , there never can 12.
... is re- peatedly guilty of another ; I mean the want of a strict adherence to unity of symbolical interpretation . If a symbol may signify one thing in one part of a prophecy , and another thing in another part , there never can 12.
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... never can be even any approximation to certainty in explaining an hieroglyphical prediction . The whole must be mere vague conjecture : for a prophecy , delivered in symbols which admit of no specific definition , may safely bid de ...
... never can be even any approximation to certainty in explaining an hieroglyphical prediction . The whole must be mere vague conjecture : for a prophecy , delivered in symbols which admit of no specific definition , may safely bid de ...
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... the Infidel power . ( Compare Hist the Interp . Vol . ii . p . 23 , 24. with Vol . i . p . 381. ) I shall hereafter shew , that such a plan is altogether un tenable . manifest , that this date never can be ascertained by 31.
... the Infidel power . ( Compare Hist the Interp . Vol . ii . p . 23 , 24. with Vol . i . p . 381. ) I shall hereafter shew , that such a plan is altogether un tenable . manifest , that this date never can be ascertained by 31.
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Page 41 - But the judgement shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.