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... predictions occasionally pregnant with a dou- ble sense . The second , that some other prophecies have a meaning which is so concealed and obscure , that it can never be discovered until the events take place to which they refer . The ...
... predictions occasionally pregnant with a dou- ble sense . The second , that some other prophecies have a meaning which is so concealed and obscure , that it can never be discovered until the events take place to which they refer . The ...
Page 29
... prediction ; preach- ing is homiletic ; allegory is allegory , and parable is para- ble . If there be any thing that is certain , as to the gene- ral principles of interpretation respecting the Scriptures , all this is certain . If the ...
... prediction ; preach- ing is homiletic ; allegory is allegory , and parable is para- ble . If there be any thing that is certain , as to the gene- ral principles of interpretation respecting the Scriptures , all this is certain . If the ...
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... the New Testament , so far as the subject of prediction or prophecy is concerned . The first is too plain to need any particular comment ; it is where a passage in the Old Testament is simply and directly pro- DOUBLE SENSE OF PROPHECY . 31.
... the New Testament , so far as the subject of prediction or prophecy is concerned . The first is too plain to need any particular comment ; it is where a passage in the Old Testament is simply and directly pro- DOUBLE SENSE OF PROPHECY . 31.
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... predicted a Mes- siah , and have not indeed often predicted him , then the persuasion and the reasoning of Christ and his apostles , in respect to this subject , have no good foundation on which they can rest . If they have foretold a ...
... predicted a Mes- siah , and have not indeed often predicted him , then the persuasion and the reasoning of Christ and his apostles , in respect to this subject , have no good foundation on which they can rest . If they have foretold a ...
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... prediction , and is not designed to be one , but it is a simple declaration of a historical truth . Yet the Evangelist says , that when Jesus went down to Egypt , and was to be recalled from that country , that all this was a fulfilment ...
... prediction , and is not designed to be one , but it is a simple declaration of a historical truth . Yet the Evangelist says , that when Jesus went down to Egypt , and was to be recalled from that country , that all this was a fulfilment ...
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