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Page 49
We are told that the prophecy will be understood then , and only then , when the
thing predicted comes to pass . What then is the thing which comes to pass ? I
may surely be permitted to ask this question . What is the thing predicted ?
We are told that the prophecy will be understood then , and only then , when the
thing predicted comes to pass . What then is the thing which comes to pass ? I
may surely be permitted to ask this question . What is the thing predicted ?
Page 50
The prophecy ( an unknown something ) agrees with the event , because the
event agrees with the prophecy ! Some laws of language then , after all , must first
be applied to the prophecy , in order to make out any definite meaning ; and if so
...
The prophecy ( an unknown something ) agrees with the event , because the
event agrees with the prophecy ! Some laws of language then , after all , must first
be applied to the prophecy , in order to make out any definite meaning ; and if so
...
Page 61
What says the same Peter , ( to whom appeal is so often made in order to show
that the prophets uttered some things which they did not understand ) , respecting
the obscurity of prophecy ? He says , that , “ we have a sure word of prophecy ...
What says the same Peter , ( to whom appeal is so often made in order to show
that the prophets uttered some things which they did not understand ) , respecting
the obscurity of prophecy ? He says , that , “ we have a sure word of prophecy ...
Page 62
To the representations so often made , that the prophets were like to men not
conscious either of their own appropriate existence or of their own thoughts , and
therefore were mere automata by means of which prophecy was uttered , I never
...
To the representations so often made , that the prophets were like to men not
conscious either of their own appropriate existence or of their own thoughts , and
therefore were mere automata by means of which prophecy was uttered , I never
...
Page 63
Why should this , the dictate both of common sense and of inspiration , be so
entirely forgotten or neglected , in the theories of many interpreters of prophecies
, and of many who have descanted on the inspiration of the prophets ? It is as ...
Why should this , the dictate both of common sense and of inspiration , be so
entirely forgotten or neglected , in the theories of many interpreters of prophecies
, and of many who have descanted on the inspiration of the prophets ? It is as ...
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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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