Key to the Revelation: In Thirty-six Lectures, Taking the Whole Book in CourseJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 401 pages |
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... ( such as they were ) , attempted to do it by such means as they found within their power ; and those were , figures bor- B rowed from things with which they had some acquaint- ance —The origin and nature of figurative language.
... ( such as they were ) , attempted to do it by such means as they found within their power ; and those were , figures bor- B rowed from things with which they had some acquaint- ance —The origin and nature of figurative language.
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... figures , which were at once curious , and mysterious . And they re- tained and refined this use of figures , after they made improvement in literature ; as did also the other nations of the East . What was at first adopted from ...
... figures , which were at once curious , and mysterious . And they re- tained and refined this use of figures , after they made improvement in literature ; as did also the other nations of the East . What was at first adopted from ...
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... Figures known in the sacred writings , are derived from the following sources . - The visible heavens , with the planetary system . The regions of the air , where winds , storms , lightnings , and thunder are generated . The earth ...
... Figures known in the sacred writings , are derived from the following sources . - The visible heavens , with the planetary system . The regions of the air , where winds , storms , lightnings , and thunder are generated . The earth ...
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... Figures from these sources , with various combinations of properties , natural and unnatural , occasionally super- added , abound in the word of God ; and more especially in the prophecies . 66 The same figure sometimes relates to ...
... Figures from these sources , with various combinations of properties , natural and unnatural , occasionally super- added , abound in the word of God ; and more especially in the prophecies . 66 The same figure sometimes relates to ...
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... figures shall here be added . A beast is a figure of an empire that is hostile to the church . And as there can be but one supreme power in that empire or region at the same time ; so there can be but one beast in the same region at the ...
... figures shall here be added . A beast is a figure of an empire that is hostile to the church . And as there can be but one supreme power in that empire or region at the same time ; so there can be but one beast in the same region at the ...
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Page 82 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Page 270 - And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Page 100 - And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Page 355 - Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. 7How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Page 211 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 91 - 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 330 - And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Page 56 - And he shall rule them with a rod of iron ; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers : even as I received of my Father.
Page 118 - And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle ; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Page 225 - 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.