An Exposition of the ApocalypseHarper & Brothers, 1847 - 542 pages |
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... civil magistrate be a symbol of a combination . or series of civil magistrates of a similar character ; -then must an animal also be taken as a precursor of a herd and succession of similar animals ; and monster shapes like the locusts ...
... civil magistrate be a symbol of a combination . or series of civil magistrates of a similar character ; -then must an animal also be taken as a precursor of a herd and succession of similar animals ; and monster shapes like the locusts ...
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... civil world . Thus when symbols like the first four seals , are drawn from the military and civil chiefs of the Roman empire , they denote , not such actors and actions in that civil and military state , but anal- ogous agents and ...
... civil world . Thus when symbols like the first four seals , are drawn from the military and civil chiefs of the Roman empire , they denote , not such actors and actions in that civil and military state , but anal- ogous agents and ...
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... civil history of Rome for the verification of those symbols ; it being as prepos terous to turn in that direction ... civil actors and events of the Roman empire . There are several subordinate laws of great importance , to which the law ...
... civil history of Rome for the verification of those symbols ; it being as prepos terous to turn in that direction ... civil actors and events of the Roman empire . There are several subordinate laws of great importance , to which the law ...
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... civil , or military . When the whole , therefore , thus of necessity denotes men , it is preposterous to regard that repre- sentation as the office of only a part ; or the signification of the whole as the consequence of the unsymbolic ...
... civil , or military . When the whole , therefore , thus of necessity denotes men , it is preposterous to regard that repre- sentation as the office of only a part ; or the signification of the whole as the consequence of the unsymbolic ...
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... civil life in the Roman empire ; in which it was customary to grant a triumphal return to the capital , and a crown to a victorious warrior , which , as it was the act of the senate , was a civil act ; and the person- age taken as the ...
... civil life in the Roman empire ; in which it was customary to grant a triumphal return to the capital , and a crown to a victorious warrior , which , as it was the act of the senate , was a civil act ; and the person- age taken as the ...
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agency agents ages Albigenses Almighty analogy angel antichrist Apocalypse apostasy apostate church apostle Arians arrogation ascribed assumption authority bishops body canons century Christ Christian civil rulers clergy Constantine Constantius Chlorus council council of Nicæa Daubuz death decrees denotes Diocletian divine doctrines dominion doubtless dragon earth Eccl ecclesiastical emperor endeavored Epist Eusebii exalted excommunicated exhibited faith Galerius Gaul gospel Gregory heaven heretics hierarchies Hist holy homage honor hundred and sixty Ibid idolatry interprets kingdom kings Labbei Concil Lamb Lord Manicheism martyrs Maxentius Maximian Mede multitude nations pagan Paulicians period persecution pontiff pope prelates prerogatives presbyters priests princes prophecy Redeemer regard reign relations religion representation representative resurrection rites Rome saints salvation Scriptures seal seven slaughter Spirit station subjects successors sword synod temple thence thou throne tion trumpet truth usurpation vast vision Vitringa voice Waldenses whole wholly wild beast witnesses worship
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Page 299 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers), And marked the mild, angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there...
Page 44 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Page 47 - Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments ; and they shall walk with me in white : for they are worthy.
Page 533 - I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Page 524 - And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 520 - For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order : Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
Page 230 - But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
Page 71 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Page 47 - I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich ; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see.
Page 299 - And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not now, And but for that chill, changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appalls the gazing mourner's heart...