An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With an Appendix, Giving a Condensed History of the Jews from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Day. Illustrated with Maps and EngravingsVanderpool & Cole, 1828 - 449 pages |
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Page 97
... sects among the Jews - Pharisees , Saddu- cees , Essenes , Herodians , Galileans , Karaites . Different orders of men- -Scribes , Rabbis , Nazarites . Wickedness of the Jews , and of the Heathen . State of the Civil World . Reflections ...
... sects among the Jews - Pharisees , Saddu- cees , Essenes , Herodians , Galileans , Karaites . Different orders of men- -Scribes , Rabbis , Nazarites . Wickedness of the Jews , and of the Heathen . State of the Civil World . Reflections ...
Page 98
... sect of the Pharisees , which had occasioned much trouble to John Hyrcanus , but which now came out in open war against this sovereign , and endeavoured to drive him from the throne . They hired foreign troops , and compelled him once ...
... sect of the Pharisees , which had occasioned much trouble to John Hyrcanus , but which now came out in open war against this sovereign , and endeavoured to drive him from the throne . They hired foreign troops , and compelled him once ...
Page 103
... sects . All these aknowledged the authority of the law of Moses , and united in their forms of worship ; but they ... sect of the Pharisees . Their rise is uncertain . They probably rose from some small beginning to their great power ...
... sects . All these aknowledged the authority of the law of Moses , and united in their forms of worship ; but they ... sect of the Pharisees . Their rise is uncertain . They probably rose from some small beginning to their great power ...
Page 104
... sect was that of the Sadducees . They were the infidels of the nation . They derived their name from Sadoc , a disciple of Antigonus , who was president of the Sanhedrim 260 B. C. His master had taught that our service of God should be ...
... sect was that of the Sadducees . They were the infidels of the nation . They derived their name from Sadoc , a disciple of Antigonus , who was president of the Sanhedrim 260 B. C. His master had taught that our service of God should be ...
Page 105
... sect of them , and resided chiefly in Egypt . The Herodians , a fourth sect , derived their name from Herod the Great . They coincided with that monarch in his views of subjecting the Jews to the Romans . It was therefore a fun ...
... sect of them , and resided chiefly in Egypt . The Herodians , a fourth sect , derived their name from Herod the Great . They coincided with that monarch in his views of subjecting the Jews to the Romans . It was therefore a fun ...
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Page 197 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 158 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 30 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 167 - Let no man deceive you by any means ; for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Page 45 - Thus saith the Lord: I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Page 56 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going' forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Page 27 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor : and they served other gods.
Page 116 - And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest; it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Page 58 - Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 33 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.