Christianity Demonstrated: In Four Distinct and Independent Series of Proofs; with an Explanation of the Types and Prophecies Concerning the Messiah |
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... Syria a succession of foreign nations ; thus literally fulfilling the prediction that strangers should overthrow and devour the land . Jeremiah says , in reference to the land of Israel , " destruction upon destruction is cried ...
... Syria a succession of foreign nations ; thus literally fulfilling the prediction that strangers should overthrow and devour the land . Jeremiah says , in reference to the land of Israel , " destruction upon destruction is cried ...
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... Syria , they considered it only as the spoil of a vanquished enemy , the lives and pro- perty of the vanquished belonging to the conquerors ; and that the government is far from disproving a sys- tem of robbery and plunder . The Ezekiel ...
... Syria , they considered it only as the spoil of a vanquished enemy , the lives and pro- perty of the vanquished belonging to the conquerors ; and that the government is far from disproving a sys- tem of robbery and plunder . The Ezekiel ...
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... Syria , they found nowhere such a barrier to their progress , except in a previous abortive attempt to reach Petra from another quarter ; and though they But were never better prepared for encountering it , they never 138 FULFILMENT OF ...
... Syria , they found nowhere such a barrier to their progress , except in a previous abortive attempt to reach Petra from another quarter ; and though they But were never better prepared for encountering it , they never 138 FULFILMENT OF ...
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... Syria , Thrace , and Greece . The kingdoms of Egypt and of Syria became afterward the most powerful : they subsisted as independent monarchies for a longer period than the other two ; and as they were more immediately connected with the ...
... Syria , Thrace , and Greece . The kingdoms of Egypt and of Syria became afterward the most powerful : they subsisted as independent monarchies for a longer period than the other two ; and as they were more immediately connected with the ...
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... Syria , that Porphyry , one of the earliest opponents of Chris- tianity , labored to prove its extreme accuracy , and alleged from thence that the events must have pre- ceded the prediction . The same argument is equally necessary at ...
... Syria , that Porphyry , one of the earliest opponents of Chris- tianity , labored to prove its extreme accuracy , and alleged from thence that the events must have pre- ceded the prediction . The same argument is equally necessary at ...
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Page 214 - If ye think good, give me my price ; and if not, forbear." So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said unto me, "Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of them!" And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
Page 112 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 151 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...
Page 205 - And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots : and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; and shall make . l Exod.
Page 242 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Page 208 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 76 - How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; 4.
Page 173 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Page 176 - AND unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write • These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God ; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot.
Page 213 - Is not this the carpenter's son ? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us ? whence then hath this man all these things ? 57 And they were offended in him.