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He is distinguished in history from all the princes of his race , by the title of Nicator , or conquerer , —an honour which was earned by being , as Justin terms him , " the conqueror of the conquerors ; " and . he was the last survivor ...
He is distinguished in history from all the princes of his race , by the title of Nicator , or conquerer , —an honour which was earned by being , as Justin terms him , " the conqueror of the conquerors ; " and . he was the last survivor ...
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To vindicate their honour , and perhaps , to avert war from their shores , the Roman Senate , in answer to the petitions of republics and kings , declared war against Antiochus . Processions for the space of two days , invoked the aid ...
To vindicate their honour , and perhaps , to avert war from their shores , the Roman Senate , in answer to the petitions of republics and kings , declared war against Antiochus . Processions for the space of two days , invoked the aid ...
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Scipio , before conquering Antiochus , disdained to listen to any terms of peace , which were insufficient to vindicate the honour of Rome , even on the promise of the ransom of his son , a prisoner in the hands of his enemy .
Scipio , before conquering Antiochus , disdained to listen to any terms of peace , which were insufficient to vindicate the honour of Rome , even on the promise of the ransom of his son , a prisoner in the hands of his enemy .
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And in his estate shall stand up a vile person , to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom : but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries . Ver . 21. The history of kings , like that of other men ...
And in his estate shall stand up a vile person , to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom : but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries . Ver . 21. The history of kings , like that of other men ...
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... or on false pretences , the office of bishop became an object of earthly ambition , when they who before were the first to be despoiled and to suffer , became the first , as acts of piety , to be enriched and honoured .
... or on false pretences , the office of bishop became an object of earthly ambition , when they who before were the first to be despoiled and to suffer , became the first , as acts of piety , to be enriched and honoured .
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Page 177 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 111 - Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition : who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself
Page 12 - Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors ; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Page 85 - And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Page 15 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful, and terrible, and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it; and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
Page 333 - And the four Angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
Page 258 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Page 171 - After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Page 253 - And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
Page 259 - And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
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| Title | The Signs of the Times: As Denoted by the Fulfilment of Historical Predictions : Traced Down from the Babylonish Captivity to the Present Time, Volume 1 The Signs of the Times: As Denoted by the Fulfilment of Historical Predictions : Traced Down from the Babylonish Captivity to the Present Time, Alexander Keith |
| Author | Alexander Keith |
| Publisher | Jonathan Leavitt, 1832 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 Mar 2008 |
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