An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: With ... a ... History of the Jews, from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present DayJ. Tilden and Company, 1840 - 437 pages |
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... converted the hearts of that ungodly generation to himself , and fitted them all for the happiness of heaven ; and not less impious men of later ages have had the hardihood to con- temn God , because , when it lay in his power , he did ...
... converted the hearts of that ungodly generation to himself , and fitted them all for the happiness of heaven ; and not less impious men of later ages have had the hardihood to con- temn God , because , when it lay in his power , he did ...
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... converted into a vast lake , called the Dead Sea ; which still remains a memorial of the vengeance of God . How awful the wrath of an holy Jehovah ! This judgment was inflicted in the 2108th year of the world , and 1896 years before ...
... converted into a vast lake , called the Dead Sea ; which still remains a memorial of the vengeance of God . How awful the wrath of an holy Jehovah ! This judgment was inflicted in the 2108th year of the world , and 1896 years before ...
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... converted by the person offering , into an entertainment for the poor . All these sacrifices were so many symbols , corresponding with the several branches of piety . In the expiatory sacrifice , the offerer came before God confessing ...
... converted by the person offering , into an entertainment for the poor . All these sacrifices were so many symbols , corresponding with the several branches of piety . In the expiatory sacrifice , the offerer came before God confessing ...
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... converted into an idolatrous Temple , altars were erected for Baal , the great idol of the Pheni- cians ; children were made to pass through the fire to Mo- loch , witchcraft , enchantments , and other profanations were practised , to ...
... converted into an idolatrous Temple , altars were erected for Baal , the great idol of the Pheni- cians ; children were made to pass through the fire to Mo- loch , witchcraft , enchantments , and other profanations were practised , to ...
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... convert to his religion . It is manifest that he was well acquainted with the Jewish Scriptures , and that he derived his whole system of God dwelling in the fire , from the burning bush , out of which God spake to Moses . gave the same ...
... convert to his religion . It is manifest that he was well acquainted with the Jewish Scriptures , and that he derived his whole system of God dwelling in the fire , from the burning bush , out of which God spake to Moses . gave the same ...
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Page 51 - 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.
Page 150 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel : for I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Page 47 - 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 84 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 225 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Page 81 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning ! If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy...
Page 84 - 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 86 - 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 149 - 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 62 - Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 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.