The Signs of the Times: As Denoted by the Fulfilment of Historical Predictions : Traced Down from the Babylonish Captivity to the Present Time, Volume 1Jonathan Leavitt, 1832 - Bible |
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... Mahomet- anism arose in the east , marked with every feature of the prophetic little horn . So soon as the shadow of a doubt or difficulty rises on the subject , we may call up such witnesses as may stand beside heathens in giv- ing ...
... Mahomet- anism arose in the east , marked with every feature of the prophetic little horn . So soon as the shadow of a doubt or difficulty rises on the subject , we may call up such witnesses as may stand beside heathens in giv- ing ...
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... Mahomet ; each revelation is suited to the emergency of his policy or passion ; and all contradiction is removed by the saving maxim , that any text of scripture is abrogated or modified by any subsequent passage . The word of God and ...
... Mahomet ; each revelation is suited to the emergency of his policy or passion ; and all contradiction is removed by the saving maxim , that any text of scripture is abrogated or modified by any subsequent passage . The word of God and ...
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... Mahomet , the Koran thus existed only in sentences . And these also were dark , forming an " endless incoherent rhapsody of fable , and precept , and declamation , which seldom excite a sentiment or an idea , which sometimes crawls in ...
... Mahomet , the Koran thus existed only in sentences . And these also were dark , forming an " endless incoherent rhapsody of fable , and precept , and declamation , which seldom excite a sentiment or an idea , which sometimes crawls in ...
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... Mahomet soon gave the law to millions . The roving Arabs were attracted to his standard by the hope of plunder , and the li- cense to slay the enemies of the faith . Mahometan- - ism , in its rise , progress , extent , and fall ...
... Mahomet soon gave the law to millions . The roving Arabs were attracted to his standard by the hope of plunder , and the li- cense to slay the enemies of the faith . Mahometan- - ism , in its rise , progress , extent , and fall ...
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... Mahomet and his successors have to be ranked among the greatest conquerors . derful was the destruction which they wrought , the prosperity which attended on their arms and their creed , and the success of the arts which they practis ...
... Mahomet and his successors have to be ranked among the greatest conquerors . derful was the destruction which they wrought , the prosperity which attended on their arms and their creed , and the success of the arts which they practis ...
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