Miscellaneous Essays and Reviews, Volume 2Ivison & Phinney, 1855 - Christianity |
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... Scripture prophecies must certainly be accomplished ; and that there are causes now rendering their fulfilment certain ; causes resulting from changes in the commerce of the world which none but an inspired mind could have foreseen . To ...
... Scripture prophecies must certainly be accomplished ; and that there are causes now rendering their fulfilment certain ; causes resulting from changes in the commerce of the world which none but an inspired mind could have foreseen . To ...
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... Scriptures . There are no denunciations of its pride and splendour , as of Petra , and Babylon , and Tyre ; no prediction of its certain and final overthrow , as there was of theirs . * Damascus , too , rose in part by the same commerce ...
... Scriptures . There are no denunciations of its pride and splendour , as of Petra , and Babylon , and Tyre ; no prediction of its certain and final overthrow , as there was of theirs . * Damascus , too , rose in part by the same commerce ...
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... Scriptures , as well as the remarkable facts which have oc- curred to annihilate that commerce forever , and to fulfil the prophecies respecting it , require a somewhat more extended notice than we have given to other places . Of all ...
... Scriptures , as well as the remarkable facts which have oc- curred to annihilate that commerce forever , and to fulfil the prophecies respecting it , require a somewhat more extended notice than we have given to other places . Of all ...
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... Scriptures a more full account of the traffic of Tyre than of any other ancient city ; and it will throw light on our subject to consider more minutely the articles of its commerce . The foundation of the prosperity of Tyre was laid ...
... Scriptures a more full account of the traffic of Tyre than of any other ancient city ; and it will throw light on our subject to consider more minutely the articles of its commerce . The foundation of the prosperity of Tyre was laid ...
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... Scriptures . It is probably , how- ever , the same as cypress ; and constituted , along with the cedar , the glory ... Scripture it would seem that this tree was uncommonly tall , ( Isa . ii . 13 ; xxxvii . 24 , ) and wide - spread- ing ...
... Scriptures . It is probably , how- ever , the same as cypress ; and constituted , along with the cedar , the glory ... Scripture it would seem that this tree was uncommonly tall , ( Isa . ii . 13 ; xxxvii . 24 , ) and wide - spread- ing ...
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Page 172 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 191 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Page 353 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter.
Page 292 - But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 184 - Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 7: The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Page 46 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Page 169 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and in'tense study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 353 - For who knows not that Truth is strong, next to the Almighty; she needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious, those are the shifts and the defences that Error uses against her power.
Page 191 - Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's...
Page 353 - ... ranged, scattered and defeated all objections in his way, calls out his adversary into the plain, offers him the advantage of wind and sun, if...