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... tion she pleases ? If you should suggest that , at least , im- agination must be bound by the principle of producing something useful , in such a development of occult mean- ings ; one might reply by asking : How can you show that the ...
... tion she pleases ? If you should suggest that , at least , im- agination must be bound by the principle of producing something useful , in such a development of occult mean- ings ; one might reply by asking : How can you show that the ...
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... . The simple ques- tion is , then , whether we shall resort to allegorizing or spiritualizing , merely to gratify the fancy , or amuse the imagination , or to allure by ingenuity in drawing supposed 28 DOUBLE SENSE OF PROPHECY .
... . The simple ques- tion is , then , whether we shall resort to allegorizing or spiritualizing , merely to gratify the fancy , or amuse the imagination , or to allure by ingenuity in drawing supposed 28 DOUBLE SENSE OF PROPHECY .
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... tion . All short of this must be conjecture merely ; and on conjecture we cannot establish either doctrine or prophecy . We wait then for proof , among all the mystic interpreters of former or latter days , of supernatural divine ...
... tion . All short of this must be conjecture merely ; and on conjecture we cannot establish either doctrine or prophecy . We wait then for proof , among all the mystic interpreters of former or latter days , of supernatural divine ...
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... tion is even of design enigmatical . God , as it is alleged , had undoubtedly a definite meaning in his own mind , which he attached to the language that was employed , but this meaning was designedly veiled from men in general , and ...
... tion is even of design enigmatical . God , as it is alleged , had undoubtedly a definite meaning in his own mind , which he attached to the language that was employed , but this meaning was designedly veiled from men in general , and ...
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... tion that we naturally ask , is : To what purpose did John write those predictions ? During 2000 years they have been , or will be , by concession , neither more nor less than a dead letter . The church of course is neither admonished ...
... tion that we naturally ask , is : To what purpose did John write those predictions ? During 2000 years they have been , or will be , by concession , neither more nor less than a dead letter . The church of course is neither admonished ...
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