A Dissertation on the Prophecies, that Have Been Fulfilled, are Now Fulfilling, Or Will Hereafter be Fulfilled: Relative to the Great Period of 1260 Years; the Papal and Mohammedan Apostacies: the Tyrannical Reign of Antichrist, Or the Infidel Power; and the Restoration of the Jews. To which is Added, an Appendix, Volume 2Andrews and Cummings, Greenough and Stebbins, printers, 1808 - Bible |
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Page 144
... devil ; and therefore I conclude him to be the devil . But the apocalyptic idea of making the dragon a symbol of the devil is manifestly borrowed from the third chapter of Genesis ( see Rev. xii . 9. ) . It is almost superfluous to ...
... devil ; and therefore I conclude him to be the devil . But the apocalyptic idea of making the dragon a symbol of the devil is manifestly borrowed from the third chapter of Genesis ( see Rev. xii . 9. ) . It is almost superfluous to ...
Page 145
... devil . Constantine was certainly not a pattern of primitive piety , and the Church , in his days was by no means so pure as it had been yet it is difficult to conceive , that the empire by embracing even a debased Chris- tianity ...
... devil . Constantine was certainly not a pattern of primitive piety , and the Church , in his days was by no means so pure as it had been yet it is difficult to conceive , that the empire by embracing even a debased Chris- tianity ...
Page 148
... devil . He is represented with seven heads and ten horns , to shew us by whose visible agency he should persecute the woman ; namely , by that of the seven - headed and ten- horned beast mentioned in the next chapter : and he is said to ...
... devil . He is represented with seven heads and ten horns , to shew us by whose visible agency he should persecute the woman ; namely , by that of the seven - headed and ten- horned beast mentioned in the next chapter : and he is said to ...
Page 153
... devil , during the allotted period of three times and a half or 1260 days . " And there was war in heaven : Michael and " his angels fought against the dragon : and the " dragon fought and his angels , and prevailed " not ; neither was ...
... devil , during the allotted period of three times and a half or 1260 days . " And there was war in heaven : Michael and " his angels fought against the dragon : and the " dragon fought and his angels , and prevailed " not ; neither was ...
Page 153
... devil and nothing but the devil : and as for the second apocalyptic beast , there is scarcely a single point in which his character answers to that of the Greek Church . For This plan of interpretation is liable to numerous objections ...
... devil and nothing but the devil : and as for the second apocalyptic beast , there is scarcely a single point in which his character answers to that of the Greek Church . For This plan of interpretation is liable to numerous objections ...
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