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 138
... dragon is pagan Rome , can scarcely be reconciled with the unequivocal declaration of St. John , that he is the devil . I have never been able to learn , upon what grounds his Lordship and Mr. Mede so peremptorily pronounce the dragon ...
... dragon is pagan Rome , can scarcely be reconciled with the unequivocal declaration of St. John , that he is the devil . I have never been able to learn , upon what grounds his Lordship and Mr. Mede so peremptorily pronounce the dragon ...
Page 139
... dragon himself should be the pagan . Roman empire , because he is brought again upon the stage long after that empire had ceased to exist . Under the yet future sixth vial , an evil spirit is said to come out of his mouth * : and , at ...
... dragon himself should be the pagan . Roman empire , because he is brought again upon the stage long after that empire had ceased to exist . Under the yet future sixth vial , an evil spirit is said to come out of his mouth * : and , at ...
Page 140
... dragon's violence , fled into the wilderness , where she continued 1260 days : that , during her sojourn there , a war took place between Michael and the dragon ; the result of which was , that the dragon was cast out of heaven and that ...
... dragon's violence , fled into the wilderness , where she continued 1260 days : that , during her sojourn there , a war took place between Michael and the dragon ; the result of which was , that the dragon was cast out of heaven and that ...
Page 141
... dragon is laid , at least the beginning of it is laid , in heaven , or the Church general . The dragon , the per- sécutor , was a sign in heaven , no less than the woman , the persecuted . Whence it will follow , that the seven - headed ...
... dragon is laid , at least the beginning of it is laid , in heaven , or the Church general . The dragon , the per- sécutor , was a sign in heaven , no less than the woman , the persecuted . Whence it will follow , that the seven - headed ...
Page 142
... dragon and the woman can have no relation to the persecutions of pagan Rome , what- ever the previous labour - pains of the woman may have for the empire , as pagan , never was in the spiritual heaven ; and consequently cannot be the dragon ...
... dragon and the woman can have no relation to the persecutions of pagan Rome , what- ever the previous labour - pains of the woman may have for the empire , as pagan , never was in the spiritual heaven ; and consequently cannot be the dragon ...
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