The Prophetic History of the Christian Religion Explained: Or, A Brief Exposition of the Revelation of St. John According to a New Discovery of Prophetical Time, by which the Whole Chain of Prophecies is Arranged, and Their Certain Completion Proved from History Down to the Present Period - with Summary Views of Those Not Yet Accomplished, Volume 2 |
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J have seen the arguments of those learned men , who contend that the great city
in the Revelation , always means the Roman or Latin empire ; but I am also
aware of the embarrassments , by which they were driven to this untenable
ground .
J have seen the arguments of those learned men , who contend that the great city
in the Revelation , always means the Roman or Latin empire ; but I am also
aware of the embarrassments , by which they were driven to this untenable
ground .
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By means of the Red sea , and the Persian gulph , and the well known roads from
thence , there is an approach from the rest of Africa , from the East - Indies and
from the Isles . And lastly , by means of the Caspian , the lake or sea of Baykall ...
By means of the Red sea , and the Persian gulph , and the well known roads from
thence , there is an approach from the rest of Africa , from the East - Indies and
from the Isles . And lastly , by means of the Caspian , the lake or sea of Baykall ...
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All we can say on this subject , is , that it was a war in heaven , and not a
conversion or reformation , in as far as such means were employed , and Heaven
entitles it nothing more than that , in the text . But perhaps the state of those
nations was ...
All we can say on this subject , is , that it was a war in heaven , and not a
conversion or reformation , in as far as such means were employed , and Heaven
entitles it nothing more than that , in the text . But perhaps the state of those
nations was ...
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And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles ,
which he had power to do in the sight of the beast , saying to them that dwell on
the earth , that they should make an image to the beast , which had the wound of
the ...
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles ,
which he had power to do in the sight of the beast , saying to them that dwell on
the earth , that they should make an image to the beast , which had the wound of
the ...
Page 239
... centre of the planetary system , is here an emblem of the impérial authority in
the midst of the Germanic body politic . For as the planets derive all their light and
glory from the sun , and move on in their sublime orbits , by means of joint laws ...
... centre of the planetary system , is here an emblem of the impérial authority in
the midst of the Germanic body politic . For as the planets derive all their light and
glory from the sun , and move on in their sublime orbits , by means of joint laws ...
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Page 309 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Page 209 - And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles,...
Page 336 - That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great...
Page 62 - And there appeared a great wonder in heaven ; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars ; and she, being with child, cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Page 302 - How 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 305 - And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
Page 303 - And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Page 16 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 154 - And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Page 292 - And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
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| Title | The Prophetic History of the Christian Religion Explained: Or, A Brief Exposition of the Revelation of St. John According to a New Discovery of Prophetical Time, by which the Whole Chain of Prophecies is Arranged, and Their Certain Completion Proved from History Down to the Present ..., Volume 2 The Prophetic History of the Christian Religion Explained: Or, A Brief Exposition of the Revelation of St. John According to a New Discovery of Prophetical Time, by which the Whole Chain of Prophecies is Arranged, and Their Certain Completion Proved from History Down to the Present Period - with Summary Views of Those Not Yet Accomplished, John George Schmucker |
| Author | John George Schmucker |
| Publisher | Henry C. Neinstedt, 1821 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Mar 2007 |
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