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... direct communications from above . For the prophets were not simply men of religious genius ; they were divinely gifted seers who could descry the truth of the future ; and could delineate it , not in the abstract merely , but in con ...
... direct communications from above . For the prophets were not simply men of religious genius ; they were divinely gifted seers who could descry the truth of the future ; and could delineate it , not in the abstract merely , but in con ...
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... direct object , the volume forms a seasonable and important contribution . In many points , which respect the prophetical future , unifor- mity of opinion can only be expected to be the growth of time ; and for what is here written upon ...
... direct object , the volume forms a seasonable and important contribution . In many points , which respect the prophetical future , unifor- mity of opinion can only be expected to be the growth of time ; and for what is here written upon ...
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... direct from Heaven . Of those portions , also , of the prophetic Word which were brought through the agency of men , some were communicated in visions , and others when the recipients were in their waking condition and their ordinary ...
... direct from Heaven . Of those portions , also , of the prophetic Word which were brought through the agency of men , some were communicated in visions , and others when the recipients were in their waking condition and their ordinary ...
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... find our way to such fundamental principles as ought to direct and regulate our inquiries into the different portions of the prophetic volume . CHAPTER I. THE PROPER CALLING OF A PROPHET , AND INVESTIGATION OF PRINCIPLES . 3.
... find our way to such fundamental principles as ought to direct and regulate our inquiries into the different portions of the prophetic volume . CHAPTER I. THE PROPER CALLING OF A PROPHET , AND INVESTIGATION OF PRINCIPLES . 3.
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... direct intercourse with Heaven , it must have been intended to denote Abraham as possessed of that distinction - to characterise him as one admitted into the secrets , and made acquainted with the counsels , of the Most High . The next ...
... direct intercourse with Heaven , it must have been intended to denote Abraham as possessed of that distinction - to characterise him as one admitted into the secrets , and made acquainted with the counsels , of the Most High . The next ...
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Page 415 - And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Page 368 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Page 77 - I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me ; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Page 28 - The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 332 - 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 by a sword, and did live.
Page 259 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 466 - Unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.
Page 275 - In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof ; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old...
Page 259 - But he answered and said unto him that told him, " Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?" And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, "Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister and mother.
Page 161 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh : and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my hand-maidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy...