The Gentile Nations: Or, The History and Religion of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, Collected from Ancient Authors and Holy Scripture, and Including the Recent Discoveries in Egyptian, Persian, and Assyrian Inscriptions: Forming a Complete Connexion of Sacred and Profane History, and Showing the Fulfilment of Sacred Prophecy, Tom 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853 |
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Strona vi
... event has escaped notice and elucidation . Especial attention has been given to chronology ; and this , which has been aptly termed " the soul of history , " has , in respect of the early portion of the annals of every nation , been ...
... event has escaped notice and elucidation . Especial attention has been given to chronology ; and this , which has been aptly termed " the soul of history , " has , in respect of the early portion of the annals of every nation , been ...
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... events , the author has filled up his plan in accordance with his first announcement . More than ten years ago , he formed the purpose of writing " An Epitome of the History and Religion of the World , from the Creation to the Birth of ...
... events , the author has filled up his plan in accordance with his first announcement . More than ten years ago , he formed the purpose of writing " An Epitome of the History and Religion of the World , from the Creation to the Birth of ...
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... event . Here we meet with one fact nearly amounting to a demon- stration , that the postdiluvian origin of this evil is restricted to a comparatively short period : Idolatry must have arisen before the Dispersion . " The various systems ...
... event . Here we meet with one fact nearly amounting to a demon- stration , that the postdiluvian origin of this evil is restricted to a comparatively short period : Idolatry must have arisen before the Dispersion . " The various systems ...
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... events in distant places , or at future times , beyond that which merely human wisdom could possibly furnish . The fact of their institution and prevalence is , therefore , a testimony borne by all antiquity to the fact of the Divine ...
... events in distant places , or at future times , beyond that which merely human wisdom could possibly furnish . The fact of their institution and prevalence is , therefore , a testimony borne by all antiquity to the fact of the Divine ...
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... events . In this place I have simply to investigate these oracular responses , with a view to ascertain their character . First , then , it cannot be denied that the first answer , which referred to the strange occupation of Croesus at ...
... events . In this place I have simply to investigate these oracular responses , with a view to ascertain their character . First , then , it cannot be denied that the first answer , which referred to the strange occupation of Croesus at ...
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Strona 267 - ... the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Strona 287 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Strona 267 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Strona 376 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia. the Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Strona 347 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Strona 346 - So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Strona 267 - Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth. Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him, and let seven times pass over him.
Strona 325 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Strona 287 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
Strona 395 - Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. "And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all : and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.