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Page 78
Mr. Gibbon concludes the account of the introduction and progress of the worship
of saints and relics in the Christian church , in the following words : “ The sublime
and simple “ theology of the primitive Christians was gradually corrupted ; and ...
Mr. Gibbon concludes the account of the introduction and progress of the worship
of saints and relics in the Christian church , in the following words : “ The sublime
and simple “ theology of the primitive Christians was gradually corrupted ; and ...
Page 168
and the worship of their images , were introduced in the room of the old Pagan
idolatry . * By an act of the secular head of the empire the Pope was constituted
head of the church , and the saints were thereby delivered into his hand . All who
...
and the worship of their images , were introduced in the room of the old Pagan
idolatry . * By an act of the secular head of the empire the Pope was constituted
head of the church , and the saints were thereby delivered into his hand . All who
...
Page 175
To worship a creature of any kind , in the language of the New Testament ,
means the placing our hearts and affections upon it , more than upon God ; and
to worship the beast , therefore signifies the placing an implicit faith on his
dictates in ...
To worship a creature of any kind , in the language of the New Testament ,
means the placing our hearts and affections upon it , more than upon God ; and
to worship the beast , therefore signifies the placing an implicit faith on his
dictates in ...
Page 185
Now to apply this reasoning to the Western Church in general : history informs us
that the Popes were opposed by many of the churches in their wicked attempts to
introduce the ' worship of images . In the eighth century the council of Frankfort ...
Now to apply this reasoning to the Western Church in general : history informs us
that the Popes were opposed by many of the churches in their wicked attempts to
introduce the ' worship of images . In the eighth century the council of Frankfort ...
Page 252
It took away the literal daily sacrifice of the Levitical worship , and cast down the
place of his sanctuary , when Titus took the city of Jerusalem and destroyed the
temple . Having brought down the narrative to the period when Jerusalem was ...
It took away the literal daily sacrifice of the Levitical worship , and cast down the
place of his sanctuary , when Titus took the city of Jerusalem and destroyed the
temple . Having brought down the narrative to the period when Jerusalem was ...
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Page 346 - For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Page 103 - And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not : behold. the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Page 181 - And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Page 175 - He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity : he that killeth with the sword, must be killed with the sword.
Page 24 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Page 156 - And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?
Page 313 - And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Page 162 - The beast that thou sawest was, and is not ; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition : and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Page 142 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 286 - And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
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| Title | A Dissertation on the Seals and Trumpets of the Apocalypse: And the Prophetical Period of Twelve Hundred and Sixty Years |
| Author | William Cuninghame |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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