A Concise Exposition of the Apocalypse, So Far as the Prophecies are Fulfilled: To which are Prefixed The History of Christianity Epitomised: and A Vocabulary of Symbols, with Scriptural Authority for Their Interpretation ... |
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... voices of the seven Thunders . ten . The other source of difficulty in the study of the Apocalypse , was stated to be the nature of the me- taphorical language , in which the prophecy is writ- To remove this , a glossary of the ...
... voices of the seven Thunders . ten . The other source of difficulty in the study of the Apocalypse , was stated to be the nature of the me- taphorical language , in which the prophecy is writ- To remove this , a glossary of the ...
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... voices of the seven thunders . But the import of this , the prophet was commanded to seal up , and the mention of the seven thunders serves only to give intimation that some events of magnitude are here omitted in the chronological ...
... voices of the seven thunders . But the import of this , the prophet was commanded to seal up , and the mention of the seven thunders serves only to give intimation that some events of magnitude are here omitted in the chronological ...
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... voice is allowed to have been chiefly instru- mental in bringing about the reformation . The accuracy of the picture thus presented by the prophetic historian , six centuries before the events took place , under the two symbols , of the ...
... voice is allowed to have been chiefly instru- mental in bringing about the reformation . The accuracy of the picture thus presented by the prophetic historian , six centuries before the events took place , under the two symbols , of the ...
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... voice that proclaims famine , denote the progress of spiritual darkness , dearth , and bondage . The livid - green horse , and his rider Death , fol- lowed by Hell , distinctly declare the progress of sin , which is spiritual death , or ...
... voice that proclaims famine , denote the progress of spiritual darkness , dearth , and bondage . The livid - green horse , and his rider Death , fol- lowed by Hell , distinctly declare the progress of sin , which is spiritual death , or ...
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... voice of ancient his- tory so loudly testifies . The event sufficiently declares this ; for without these remarkable and extraordinary circum- stances , no rational account can be given of the rapid pro- pagation of the Gospel ...
... voice of ancient his- tory so loudly testifies . The event sufficiently declares this ; for without these remarkable and extraordinary circum- stances , no rational account can be given of the rapid pro- pagation of the Gospel ...
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Page 19 - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron ; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Page 18 - 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 5 - I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 12 - And another angel came and stood at . the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 85 - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come : but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Page 7 - 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...
Page 5 - How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth ? and white robes were given unto every one of them ; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Page 10 - And all the angels stood round about the throne and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying ; Amen ; Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 22 - 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 38 - And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion : and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.