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... calamities and mourning . The rider with balances signifies , that the ruling power would be marked with justice and equity . Seemingly contradictory as is the import of these symbols , we find , that the history of the time fully ...
... calamities and mourning . The rider with balances signifies , that the ruling power would be marked with justice and equity . Seemingly contradictory as is the import of these symbols , we find , that the history of the time fully ...
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... Some earthquakes having oc- curred , the Christians were accused by their inveterate enemies , the heathen , of being the cause of those calamities , and were subjected to injurious and cruel treatment accord- ingly CHAPTER VI . 37.
... Some earthquakes having oc- curred , the Christians were accused by their inveterate enemies , the heathen , of being the cause of those calamities , and were subjected to injurious and cruel treatment accord- ingly CHAPTER VI . 37.
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... ; all the barbarous nations surround- ing the empire made their irruptions even into Italy itself . " To crown the whole , these calamities were ascribed to the Christians , and a merciless persecution was waged against 40 CHAPTER VI .
... ; all the barbarous nations surround- ing the empire made their irruptions even into Italy itself . " To crown the whole , these calamities were ascribed to the Christians , and a merciless persecution was waged against 40 CHAPTER VI .
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... calamities fell chiefly on the west- ern quarter of the empire , designated by the fourth part of the earth . After a short interval the northern barba- rians renewed the war of invasion , and were again over- come and driven back ...
... calamities fell chiefly on the west- ern quarter of the empire , designated by the fourth part of the earth . After a short interval the northern barba- rians renewed the war of invasion , and were again over- come and driven back ...
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... calamities of a terrible pestilence , they were subjected to the renewed rage of persecution , by the heathen priests persuading the people that the pestilence was sent by the gods on account of the lenity shown to the Christians ...
... calamities of a terrible pestilence , they were subjected to the renewed rage of persecution , by the heathen priests persuading the people that the pestilence was sent by the gods on account of the lenity shown to the Christians ...
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Page 268 - And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony ; the fourth, an emerald ; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite ; the eighth, beryl ; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus ; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Page 53 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 50 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Page 220 - 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 266 - And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel...
Page 153 - And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Page 194 - And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth ; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Page 267 - And the city lieth four-square and the length is as large as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs ; the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Page 24 - And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
Page 217 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them : and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.