 | Edward Gibbon - 1783 - 524 pages
...underftood in their literal fenfe the difcourfes of Chrift himfelf, were obliged to expect the fecond and glorious coming of the Son of Man in the clouds,...beheld his humble condition upon earth, and which might ftill be wicnefs of the calamities of the Jews under Vefpafian or Hadrian. The revolution of feventeen... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1787 - 502 pages
...underftood in their literal fenfe the difcourfes of Chrift himfelf , were obliged to expect the fecond and glorious coming of the Son of Man in the clouds, before th:tt generation was totally extinguished , which had beheld his humble i ondition upon earth , and... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1792 - 380 pages
...li*' teral fenfe the difcourfes of Chrift himfelf, " were obliged to expect the fecond and glo** rious coming of the Son of Man in the " clouds, before that generation was totally " extinguifhed, which had beheld his humble " condition upon earth." . *' Here the hiftorian evidently... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 610 pages
...asserted that " the near approach of the end of the world had been predicted by the apostles, and that those who understood, in their literal sense, the...which had beheld his humble condition upon earth." He will see in the assertion of this writer, that " for wise purposes this error was permitted to subsist... | |
 | N. NISBETT - 1802 - 314 pages
...to ascertain what his real meaning was ? If Jesus had meant, by this phrase, as Jias been contended, the second and glorious coming of the Son of Man in the clouds, to judge all Mankind, at the last day ; it would at that period, at least, have been utterly impossible... | |
 | Arthur Aikin - 1803 - 996 pages
...heaven, were at hand. The near approach of this wonderful event had been predicted by the apostles; the tradition of it was preserved by their earliest disciples...discourses of Christ himself, were obliged to expect the seccnd and glorious coming of the son of man in the clouds, before that generation was totally extinguished,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 530 pages
...understood in their literal sense the xv. discourses of Christ himself, were obliged to ex- • pect the second and glorious coming of the Son of Man in...generation was totally extinguished, which had beheld his hum- I*-**- r• * ble condition upon earth, _and which might still be witness of the calamities of... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1808 - 428 pages
...seizes every opportunity of sjlently aiming a blow against the evidences of its divine original. ' Those who understood in their literal sense the discourses of Christ himself ' were,' says Mr. Gibbon, ' OBLIGED to expect the second and glorious coming of the son of man in the clouds,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1810 - 462 pages
...was preserved by Xv' their earliest disciples, and those who understood in "*"" their literal seuse the discourses of Christ himself, were obliged to expect the second and glorious coining of the Son of Man in the clouds, before that generation was totally extinguished, which had... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 510 pages
...heaven, were at hand. The near approach of this wonderful event had been predicted by the apostles; the tradition of it was preserved by their earliest disciples...humble condition upon earth, and which might still be wituess of the ities of the Jews undei Vespasian or Hadrian. The revolution of seven- CHAP. , YV teen... | |
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It was universally believed that the end of the world, and the kingdom of heaven, were at hand. The near approach of this wonderful event had been predicted by the apostles; the tradition of it was preserved by their earliest disciples, and those who... 
