| William Ettrick - 1810 - 524 pages
...them to declare her, " the habitation of devils" — (which are there worshipped as sainted gods) — "and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird" (Rev. xviii. 2.) " Therefore " shall' her second fall now come quickly — " her plagues shall come... | |
| Ebenezer Aldred - 1811 - 296 pages
...(powerfully) with a strong (or loud) voice, sayinsr, BABYLON THE GREAT is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. t VERSE 3. For all nations have drunk of the wine (gold) of the wrath of her fornication, (wickedness)... | |
| Ethan Smith - Religion - 1811 - 398 pages
...inflicted. Therefore, i 3. The origin of the instrument of the fall of Popery is hinted; And is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Some capital revolution in her territories is here indicated, in which her own dominions are exhibited... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...cried mightily, with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird," Rev. xviii. 1, 2. Thus Moses's collected aviary and the angel's cage are now found together. " A sword... | |
| Henry Venn - Christian life - 1811 - 464 pages
...of grace, but past it ; and in an instant sanctifies that heart, which had been for many years the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. In this conquest, the Redeemer acted with a double view, to prove himself the Messiah; and gave an... | |
| Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...mightily with a strong voice, saying, Bal>ylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and • is become the habitation- of devils, and the hold of every foul...spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Rom. xi 18. Boast not against the branches : but if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1816 - 460 pages
...layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground, he bringeth it even to the dust." She shall he thrown down with violence, like a great mill-stone...abominable branch, and shall be trodden down as the mire 01 the streets. All her policy and craft, in which she so abounded, shall not save her. All the strength... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 538 pages
...vengeance of God executed upon her. Here it is proclaimed, that Babylon the Great is fallen, and become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird ; that her sins had reached unto heaven, and that God had remembered her iniquity; that God gave commandment... | |
| Hosea Ballou - Sermons, American - 1818 - 432 pages
...the same as mentioned in Revelations 18th. "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird." It seems to have been the design of prophecy, to represent the church and her doctrines by a land whose... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1818 - 538 pages
...resurrection to empire. " Babylon u the great is fallen, is-fallen; and is become the ha" bitation of demons, and the hold of every foul " spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful '<• bird *." Such, like that of the literal Babylon, was to be the fate of the mystical Babylon after its overthrow... | |
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