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Page 41
He who is in the proper attitude for hearing an address of the King of kings , is not
in a frame of mind to unravel charades , and conundrums , and enigmas which
are more skilfully ambiguous than that of Edipus . The Majesty of heaven does ...
He who is in the proper attitude for hearing an address of the King of kings , is not
in a frame of mind to unravel charades , and conundrums , and enigmas which
are more skilfully ambiguous than that of Edipus . The Majesty of heaven does ...
Page 42
There is one simple principle that should run through all preaching and all
expositions ; which is , that the mind of the scriptural writer should be given as it
was originally expressed by his language . The meaning of any book , is simply
what ...
There is one simple principle that should run through all preaching and all
expositions ; which is , that the mind of the scriptural writer should be given as it
was originally expressed by his language . The meaning of any book , is simply
what ...
Page 52
It is not then all which is in his mind , that the words of Scripture are intended to
designate . It is only so much as may be revealed ; and if revealed by words ,
then those words must bear the sense which the usus loquendi gives them , or
else ...
It is not then all which is in his mind , that the words of Scripture are intended to
designate . It is only so much as may be revealed ; and if revealed by words ,
then those words must bear the sense which the usus loquendi gives them , or
else ...
Page 142
Plain as all this seems to my mind , yet I see many , and some very sensible
persons too , greatly agitated about the end of the world , which , as many predict
at the present day , is to come in the Spring of 1843 . I do not say , it will not ; for I
do ...
Plain as all this seems to my mind , yet I see many , and some very sensible
persons too , greatly agitated about the end of the world , which , as many predict
at the present day , is to come in the Spring of 1843 . I do not say , it will not ; for I
do ...
Page 158
Now there are as many realities in the world of mind , as of matter . Nay , if we
include within the circle of the world of mind , the Divine Being and angelic
intelligencies , we may well say , that there are more historic realities belonging
to the ...
Now there are as many realities in the world of mind , as of matter . Nay , if we
include within the circle of the world of mind , the Divine Being and angelic
intelligencies , we may well say , that there are more historic realities belonging
to the ...
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| Title | Hints on the Interpretation of Prophecy ATLA monograph preservation program |
| Author | Moses Stuart |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Allen, Morrill & Wardwell, 1842 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 30 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0790503514, 9780790503516 |
| Length | 194 pages |
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