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... empire ; and as the mighty changes of that empire have deeply affected her condition ; though we have not any connected view , yet , in the subsequent prophecies , we have many references to the state of the civil affairs , both of ...
... empire ; and as the mighty changes of that empire have deeply affected her condition ; though we have not any connected view , yet , in the subsequent prophecies , we have many references to the state of the civil affairs , both of ...
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... the Roman empire ; the second , under the emblem of a great mountain burning with fire , torn by a preternatural earthquake from its base , and cast into the sea , describes the 8 [ Lec . xxxiii . LECTURES ON THE REVELATION .
... the Roman empire ; the second , under the emblem of a great mountain burning with fire , torn by a preternatural earthquake from its base , and cast into the sea , describes the 8 [ Lec . xxxiii . LECTURES ON THE REVELATION .
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... functions of a spiritual priesthood continually before him . Few of them may be advanced to the throne of secular empire , or exercise any sort of jurisdiction over their fellow - 78 LECTURES ON THE REVELATION . [ Lec . xxxviil .
... functions of a spiritual priesthood continually before him . Few of them may be advanced to the throne of secular empire , or exercise any sort of jurisdiction over their fellow - 78 LECTURES ON THE REVELATION . [ Lec . xxxviil .
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... and admitted with- in the limits of the Roman empire . Two years after , they threw off their subjection to the Romans ; and , in the battle of Adrianople , slew the emperor Valens , and cut C. vi . 1 , 2. ] LECTURES ON THE REVELATION . 99.
... and admitted with- in the limits of the Roman empire . Two years after , they threw off their subjection to the Romans ; and , in the battle of Adrianople , slew the emperor Valens , and cut C. vi . 1 , 2. ] LECTURES ON THE REVELATION . 99.
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... empire , over which he ruled ; but with no propriety could that empire ever be repre- sented by such an emblem . An association , which , from its ear- liest ages , was marked by blood and violence , might be symboliz- ed by a red horse ...
... empire , over which he ruled ; but with no propriety could that empire ever be repre- sented by such an emblem . An association , which , from its ear- liest ages , was marked by blood and violence , might be symboliz- ed by a red horse ...
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Page 478 - And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants, the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great, and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
Page 313 - And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months : and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it, ; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Page 15 - And immediately I was in the Spirit : and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone : and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Page 423 - And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Page 62 - And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders stood a Lamb, as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of GOD sent forth into all the earth.
Page 265 - For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, And upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low...
Page 15 - AFTER this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in. heaven : and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me ; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Page 193 - In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, Which they made each one for himself to worship, To the moles and to the bats...
Page 247 - And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night : for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Page 530 - And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.