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... follow any one of these so peculiarly , as to forget the claims of the rest ; for then their view and their spirit become narrow , and they under- stand their own favourite subject the worse , because they look at it in one light only ...
... follow any one of these so peculiarly , as to forget the claims of the rest ; for then their view and their spirit become narrow , and they under- stand their own favourite subject the worse , because they look at it in one light only ...
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... follow up the subject minutely , that the ideas which we have respecting it should be clear and edifying . Now first of all , it is a very misleading notion of Prophecy , if we regard it as an anticipation of History . History , in our ...
... follow up the subject minutely , that the ideas which we have respecting it should be clear and edifying . Now first of all , it is a very misleading notion of Prophecy , if we regard it as an anticipation of History . History , in our ...
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... follows , that no people can , if I may so speak , fully satisfy the mind of Prophecy , be- cause no people purely represents those unmixed principles of good and evil , with which Prophecy is alone properly concerned . And thus it has ...
... follows , that no people can , if I may so speak , fully satisfy the mind of Prophecy , be- cause no people purely represents those unmixed principles of good and evil , with which Prophecy is alone properly concerned . And thus it has ...
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... follow . " And so our Lord reproves the two disciples who were going to Emmaus , " for being slow of heart to believe the prophets ; " and he then asks , " Ought not Christ to have suffered these things , and to enter into his glory ...
... follow . " And so our Lord reproves the two disciples who were going to Emmaus , " for being slow of heart to believe the prophets ; " and he then asks , " Ought not Christ to have suffered these things , and to enter into his glory ...
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... follow throughout and exclusively an historical interpretation ; it is consistent also to follow exclusively a spiritual interpretation ; or again it is consistent to adopt always the two together ; and to say that every prophecy has ...
... follow throughout and exclusively an historical interpretation ; it is consistent also to follow exclusively a spiritual interpretation ; or again it is consistent to adopt always the two together ; and to say that every prophecy has ...
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adequate fulfilment Amalek amongst Apostles appears applied Assyria Babylon of Prophecy Babylonian Babylonian captivity belonged blessing bruise Canaan character Christ Christian Church condition curse David denunciations desolation destruction Deuteronomy earth earthly Edom Edomites Egypt enemies Euphrates evil existing expression fulfilment of Prophecy glory God the Father God's servants God's true heaven highest sense historical Babylon historical fulfilment historical Israel historical sense hope human writer hyperbolical imperfect instance interpretation Isaiah Israel of Prophecy Jerusalem Jews king land language of Prophecy literal fulfilment look Lord man's manifested Matt Mesopotamia Messiah mind Moab Nabatæans nations Nineveh Old Testament passages perfectly persons Peter phecy principle promises prophecies relating prophecies respecting Psalm redeemed redemption referred represented restoration resurrection righteous RUGBY SCHOOL Scripture serpent serpent's head speak spiritual Israel Strabo subject of Prophecy substantial fulfilment suffering suppose surely temple things triumph truth unto utter whole language words Zechariah
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Page 50 - With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Page 36 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition ; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Page 57 - Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things which are now reported unto you, by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Page 62 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Page 14 - For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Page 56 - Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; he, seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Page 54 - Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent...
Page 36 - The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me : give place to me that I may dwell.
Page 8 - For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, the people shall dwell alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Page 75 - Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink, for they drank of that spiritual rock which followed them, and that rock was Christ.