 It is a declaration made by a creature, whether human or of a superior order, under the inspiration and commission of the Omniscient God, relating to an event or series of events, which have not yet taken place, which could not have been certainly foreknown...  Principles of Biblical Interpretation - Page 213by Johann August Ernestus - 1832Full view - About this book
 | John Pye Smith - 1829 - 84 pages
...the class of Prophecies. But I would propose the following as a just description of a Prophecy. It is a declaration made by a creature, whether human...relating to an event or series of events, which have not yet taken place, which could not have been certainly foreknown by any science or wisdom of man, but... | |
 | Bible - 1829 - 414 pages
...what is NOT PROPHECY, it becomes necessary to shew what this term implies. It may be thus described. A. PROPHECY is A DECLARATION MADE BY A CREATURE, whether...human or of' a superior order, UNDER THE INSPIRATION OF GOD, OF AN EVENT, OR A SERIES OF EVENTS, WHICH COULD NOT HAVE BEEN KNOWN BY ANY HUMAN SAGACITY ;... | |
 | John Medway - 1853 - 678 pages
...that particular use. The author proposes " the following as a just description of Prophecy. — It is a declaration made by a creature, whether human...relating to an event or series of events, which have not yet taken place, which could not have been certainly foreknown by any science or wisdom of man, but... | |
 | George Nathaniel Henry Peters - Bible - 1884 - 736 pages
...future, received by immediate or direct revelation" ; Dr. Pye Smith : " A declaration made by a creature under the inspiration and commission of the omniscient...not taken place at the time the prophecy is uttered, and which could not have been certainly foreknown by any science or wisdom of man ;" other writers... | |
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