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by intelligent and serious men to the reason and understanding of their fellow
beings , can bear interpretation by such a rule ? I am aware of the usual answer
to this question , viz . , that “ the Bible is a divine book , and that , since God is the
...
by intelligent and serious men to the reason and understanding of their fellow
beings , can bear interpretation by such a rule ? I am aware of the usual answer
to this question , viz . , that “ the Bible is a divine book , and that , since God is the
...
Page 66
... Eneas , when we get into the dusky domain of the Umbrae . No ; rather let us
take in one hand the blazing torch of revelation , in the other that of reason , and
advance boldly into the so - called darkest recesses of this imaginary nether
world ...
... Eneas , when we get into the dusky domain of the Umbrae . No ; rather let us
take in one hand the blazing torch of revelation , in the other that of reason , and
advance boldly into the so - called darkest recesses of this imaginary nether
world ...
Page 75
But , as it seems to me , there is much reason to doubt of this last supposition . At
all events , nothing but an imperious necessity can justify us in explaining years
or days , when accompanied with definite numerals , in a tropical way , except ...
But , as it seems to me , there is much reason to doubt of this last supposition . At
all events , nothing but an imperious necessity can justify us in explaining years
or days , when accompanied with definite numerals , in a tropical way , except ...
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Any near approximation to the measure of time in question , would of course be
regarded as a sufficient reason for setting it down under the general rubric . · We
have now gone through with all the designations of time in the Apocalypse ...
Any near approximation to the measure of time in question , would of course be
regarded as a sufficient reason for setting it down under the general rubric . · We
have now gone through with all the designations of time in the Apocalypse ...
Page 183
... would Mr . D . , or any advocate of the visible and terrestrial kingdom of Christ
think , should any reader of the Scriptures insist that all such language is to be
literally interpreted ? They would at once pronounce him to be bereaved of
reason .
... would Mr . D . , or any advocate of the visible and terrestrial kingdom of Christ
think , should any reader of the Scriptures insist that all such language is to be
literally interpreted ? They would at once pronounce him to be bereaved of
reason .
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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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