Apocalyptic Sketches: Or, Lectures on the Book of Revelation. Delivered in the Large Room, Exeter Hall, in 1847-48 |
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... angel unto his servant John : who bare record of the word of God , and of the testimony of Jesus Christ , and of all things that he saw . Blessed is he that readeth , and they that hear the words of this prophecy , and keep those things ...
... angel unto his servant John : who bare record of the word of God , and of the testimony of Jesus Christ , and of all things that he saw . Blessed is he that readeth , and they that hear the words of this prophecy , and keep those things ...
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... angels cannot soar to , and which the human imagination cannot of course comprehend . But to argue in this way is to argue most illogically . The divinity of the book rests upon its own basis ; the explanation of the book is to be ...
... angels cannot soar to , and which the human imagination cannot of course comprehend . But to argue in this way is to argue most illogically . The divinity of the book rests upon its own basis ; the explanation of the book is to be ...
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... angels fear to tread ; " we must not dogmatize where the Spirit of God has not spoken decidedly . We must be content to be ignorant in many places , thankful to be instructed in others , and patient students throughout the whole . There ...
... angels fear to tread ; " we must not dogmatize where the Spirit of God has not spoken decidedly . We must be content to be ignorant in many places , thankful to be instructed in others , and patient students throughout the whole . There ...
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... angel in heaven , nor ancient patriarch , no apostle nor king , can this be . None of these had love to dare , nor strength to do what is here ascribed to " Him . " He must have been man , for he had blood to shed ; he must have been a ...
... angel in heaven , nor ancient patriarch , no apostle nor king , can this be . None of these had love to dare , nor strength to do what is here ascribed to " Him . " He must have been man , for he had blood to shed ; he must have been a ...
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... angel's anthem . Man shall once more be replaced in his pris- tine position , as the priest of the world , —the eye of the earth , to see above it that innumerable host in the overshadowing sky , the sentinels and outposts of which only ...
... angel's anthem . Man shall once more be replaced in his pris- tine position , as the priest of the world , —the eye of the earth , to see above it that innumerable host in the overshadowing sky , the sentinels and outposts of which only ...
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Page 277 - And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast ; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Page 39 - And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Page 34 - And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth.
Page 333 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Page 260 - ... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword, they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, (of whom the world was not worthy,) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth.
Page 242 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the Living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem; and to an innumerable company of Angels, to the general assembly and Church of the first-born which are written in Heaven; and to God the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Page 45 - And I beheld when He had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake ; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood...
Page 474 - And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Page 298 - And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them : and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Page 81 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.