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... heathens were wont to do , what part , if any , the Almighty took in the control or administration of human affairs , we now not only know that the Most High ruleth over all the kingdoms of the earth , ' and that a sparrow falleth not ...
... heathens were wont to do , what part , if any , the Almighty took in the control or administration of human affairs , we now not only know that the Most High ruleth over all the kingdoms of the earth , ' and that a sparrow falleth not ...
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... heathen as well as Jewish historians testify of the belief then preva- lent over the whole East that the ancient prophe- cies bore a direct and express reference to that period . And the question might now go to the Josephus's ...
... heathen as well as Jewish historians testify of the belief then preva- lent over the whole East that the ancient prophe- cies bore a direct and express reference to that period . And the question might now go to the Josephus's ...
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... heathen authors ; and in the arguments of the first op- posers of christianity , from the mean condition of its Author and the manner of his death , we have now more ample evidence of the fulfilment of all these prophecies , than could ...
... heathen authors ; and in the arguments of the first op- posers of christianity , from the mean condition of its Author and the manner of his death , we have now more ample evidence of the fulfilment of all these prophecies , than could ...
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... heathen historians fully describe the dreadful miseries which they suffered when all their cities were laid waste , when Jerusalem itself was de- stroyed in the seventieth year of the Christian era , and the remnant of their race ...
... heathen historians fully describe the dreadful miseries which they suffered when all their cities were laid waste , when Jerusalem itself was de- stroyed in the seventieth year of the Christian era , and the remnant of their race ...
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... Heathen writers also record many of the facts . The prophecies from the Old Testament and from the New , relative to the siege and destruction of Jerusalem , are so numerous , that the insertion of them at length would occupy a greater ...
... Heathen writers also record many of the facts . The prophecies from the Old Testament and from the New , relative to the siege and destruction of Jerusalem , are so numerous , that the insertion of them at length would occupy a greater ...
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Page 77 - The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond : it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars ; whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
Page 57 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 148 - Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Page 149 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Page 34 - He that spared not his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Page 114 - A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour ? and if I be a master, where is my fear ? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name.
Page 150 - And unto the angel of the Church of the Laodiceans write ; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God : 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot.
Page 29 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Page 30 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 25 - He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. His name shall endure for ever : his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.