Apocalyptic Sketches: Or, Lectures on the Book of Revelation. Delivered in the Large Room, Exeter Hall, in 1847-48 |
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... Scriptural phrase employed to denote his atoning expiatory sufferings . Nothing else but the life of the Son of God expended on the cross could insure the for- giveness of the least and fewest of these sins of ours . No other element ...
... Scriptural phrase employed to denote his atoning expiatory sufferings . Nothing else but the life of the Son of God expended on the cross could insure the for- giveness of the least and fewest of these sins of ours . No other element ...
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... Scripture as the numerical representative of perfection . Thus , the seven churches represent the one universal visible church ; and in the use of this number there seems to be a usage borne out by corresponding analogies in the ...
... Scripture as the numerical representative of perfection . Thus , the seven churches represent the one universal visible church ; and in the use of this number there seems to be a usage borne out by corresponding analogies in the ...
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... Scripture to less important events . Thus , Jeremiah , in chap . iv . 23 , 24 , describes Jerusalem under judgment : - " I beheld the earth , ( viz . Judæa , ) and , lo , it was without form and void ; and the heavens , and they had no ...
... Scripture to less important events . Thus , Jeremiah , in chap . iv . 23 , 24 , describes Jerusalem under judgment : - " I beheld the earth , ( viz . Judæa , ) and , lo , it was without form and void ; and the heavens , and they had no ...
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... Scriptures , and sown broad - cast by Satan in the days of persecution , shot up under the imperial patronage into a disastrous and rapid harvest . After the adoption of Christianity by Constantine , the profession of the gospel became ...
... Scriptures , and sown broad - cast by Satan in the days of persecution , shot up under the imperial patronage into a disastrous and rapid harvest . After the adoption of Christianity by Constantine , the profession of the gospel became ...
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... Scripture and overlaid the distin- guishing truths of the gospel . Human priests , and spu- rious propitiatory sacrifices , and ecclesiastical altars , and processions and ceremonies , constituted the only visible Christianity from ...
... Scripture and overlaid the distin- guishing truths of the gospel . Human priests , and spu- rious propitiatory sacrifices , and ecclesiastical altars , and processions and ceremonies , constituted the only visible Christianity from ...
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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.