The General History of the Christian Church: From Her Birth to Her Final Triumphant State in Heaven: Chiefly Deduced from the Apocalypse of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist |
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Page ix
... confining the contents to fo fhort a period as the four first centuries of the Chriftian æra , and apply- ing the whole , except the two last chapters , to b . the 2 " the perfecutions which the Church fuffered from the The Introduction.
... confining the contents to fo fhort a period as the four first centuries of the Chriftian æra , and apply- ing the whole , except the two last chapters , to b . the 2 " the perfecutions which the Church fuffered from the The Introduction.
Page xvi
... four of the feven ages , viz . the first , third , fixth , and fe- venth , as being the most interesting to the Church , and moft remarkable for their tranfac- tions . Another help which we found for clearing up obfcurities was , a very ...
... four of the feven ages , viz . the first , third , fixth , and fe- venth , as being the most interesting to the Church , and moft remarkable for their tranfac- tions . Another help which we found for clearing up obfcurities was , a very ...
Page 13
... four and twenty feats : and upon the feats , four and twenty An- cients fitting , clothed in white garments , and on their heads crowns of gold . Round the Throne of God appear fitting four and twenty Ancients , representing the Saints ...
... four and twenty feats : and upon the feats , four and twenty An- cients fitting , clothed in white garments , and on their heads crowns of gold . Round the Throne of God appear fitting four and twenty Ancients , representing the Saints ...
Page 14
... four living creatures of an extraordi- nary shape , which denote the four great prophets , Ifaiah , Jeremy , Ezechiel , and Daniel . Their bo- dies are described full of eyes both before and behind , an emblem of their prophetic fight ...
... four living creatures of an extraordi- nary shape , which denote the four great prophets , Ifaiah , Jeremy , Ezechiel , and Daniel . Their bo- dies are described full of eyes both before and behind , an emblem of their prophetic fight ...
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... four principal prophets are to be un- derstood to reprefent all the prophets of the old law . V. 8. And they , the four living creatures , refted not day and night , faying , Holy , Holy , Holy , Lord God Almighty , who was , and who is ...
... four principal prophets are to be un- derstood to reprefent all the prophets of the old law . V. 8. And they , the four living creatures , refted not day and night , faying , Holy , Holy , Holy , Lord God Almighty , who was , and who is ...
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