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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... appearance . Religion became a thing to look at , or a form to pass through ; and piety was reckoned at a price . Instead of imitating the vir- tues of saints and martyrs , men searched for their bones . And instead of copying the ...
... appearance . Religion became a thing to look at , or a form to pass through ; and piety was reckoned at a price . Instead of imitating the vir- tues of saints and martyrs , men searched for their bones . And instead of copying the ...
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... appearance of consciousness of bondage . The revenues extorted by military authority , and drained out drop by drop , were trifling in comparison of the ever - teeming donations which freely flowed in hon- our of the saints . They were ...
... appearance of consciousness of bondage . The revenues extorted by military authority , and drained out drop by drop , were trifling in comparison of the ever - teeming donations which freely flowed in hon- our of the saints . They were ...
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... appeared to threaten , not a transient inroal , but a serious design of conquest and dominion . But the vigilance of Leo had formed an alliance with the vassals of the Greek empire , the free and maritime states of Gayeta , Naples , and ...
... appeared to threaten , not a transient inroal , but a serious design of conquest and dominion . But the vigilance of Leo had formed an alliance with the vassals of the Greek empire , the free and maritime states of Gayeta , Naples , and ...
Page 146
... appeared upon the scene , who finally subverted the throne of the Cæsars , and for ever dispos- sessed the pope of half the church , over which he had assumed an universal sovereignty . And the king of the north shall come against him ...
... appeared upon the scene , who finally subverted the throne of the Cæsars , and for ever dispos- sessed the pope of half the church , over which he had assumed an universal sovereignty . And the king of the north shall come against him ...
Page 147
... appeared in its em- bryo form as the other declined and decayed , - the first , in its old age , fostering the second in its youth . " The thrones of Asia were occupied by slaves and soldiers of Turkish extraction . A swarm of these ...
... appeared in its em- bryo form as the other declined and decayed , - the first , in its old age , fostering the second in its youth . " The thrones of Asia were occupied by slaves and soldiers of Turkish extraction . A swarm of these ...
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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.