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Page 58
These are the most striking examples to which appeal is made , in order to show
that the prophets were sometimes themselves ignorant of what they uttered . I am
not able to see , how any sound argument can be built upon them .
These are the most striking examples to which appeal is made , in order to show
that the prophets were sometimes themselves ignorant of what they uttered . I am
not able to see , how any sound argument can be built upon them .
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 ...
Page 64
Prophets speak in the name of God , and men are required to hear on penalty of
death , and to give diligent heed to what is said . Yet , from the nature of the case ,
neither the prophet nor his hearers can obtain any correct view of what is said .
Prophets speak in the name of God , and men are required to hear on penalty of
death , and to give diligent heed to what is said . Yet , from the nature of the case ,
neither the prophet nor his hearers can obtain any correct view of what is said .
Page 184
Ps . II , XLV , LXXII , cx , and a multitude of passages in Isaiah and other prophets
, all hold the Messiah up to view in such a light as this . What now did the Jews
think and say , when he made his appearance among them in a lowly condition ...
Ps . II , XLV , LXXII , cx , and a multitude of passages in Isaiah and other prophets
, all hold the Messiah up to view in such a light as this . What now did the Jews
think and say , when he made his appearance among them in a lowly condition ...
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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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