The Five Empires; an outline of ancient history, 1840James Burns, 1845 - 248 páginas |
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... hopes hereafter of its perfect restoration . The end of man's existence since the fall has been to compass this object ; and with a view to it , he has had to learn , first , what is the weakness and degradation of his corrupted nature ...
... hopes hereafter of its perfect restoration . The end of man's existence since the fall has been to compass this object ; and with a view to it , he has had to learn , first , what is the weakness and degradation of his corrupted nature ...
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... hope was to gain shape and substance , by being embodied in those lasting institutions which have their comple- tion in the Church . The promise makes mention , first , of an earthly inheritance , and then of a hea- venly possession ...
... hope was to gain shape and substance , by being embodied in those lasting institutions which have their comple- tion in the Church . The promise makes mention , first , of an earthly inheritance , and then of a hea- venly possession ...
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... Hope of all nations came in the flesh , " there arose not a prophet like unto Moses , whom the Lord knew face to face . " " 12 The miraculous preservation of his bodily frame was a sign of that unwonted measure of spi- ritual strength ...
... Hope of all nations came in the flesh , " there arose not a prophet like unto Moses , whom the Lord knew face to face . " " 12 The miraculous preservation of his bodily frame was a sign of that unwonted measure of spi- ritual strength ...
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... hope which was the heritage of their nation . This was felt by Jeroboam , who , fearing lest the blessings and hopes of the temple - worship should carry back his people to their former sovereign , resolved to alter the old religion ...
... hope which was the heritage of their nation . This was felt by Jeroboam , who , fearing lest the blessings and hopes of the temple - worship should carry back his people to their former sovereign , resolved to alter the old religion ...
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... Hope , the Persian Gulf was the great channel through which all traffic from the East flowed into the western world . It has been men- tioned that the merchants of Dedanim carried their wares across Arabia to Tyre . But Babylon lay in ...
... Hope , the Persian Gulf was the great channel through which all traffic from the East flowed into the western world . It has been men- tioned that the merchants of Dedanim carried their wares across Arabia to Tyre . But Babylon lay in ...
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afterwards ancient Antiochus apos apostles appointed Aristagoras army Asia Assyrian Athenian Athens Babylon bishops blessing body Cæsar called captive CHAPTER chief Christ Christ's kingdom Christian Church communion conquest Constantine council creed Cyrus Darius death declared defeated Diocletian disciples doctrine earth East Egypt Egyptian emperor established Eusebius faith father Galerius God's Grecian Greece Greeks heathen heaven Heeren Herod Herodotus holy human hundred Ignatius inhabitants Ionian Irenæus Israel Japheth Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judæa Judah Julius Cæsar king Lacedæmonians land Livy Lord Lord's Macedon mankind martyrs Maximian means Medes ment ministers nations Nebuchadnezzar Palestine passed Peloponnesian war Peloponnesus persecution Persian Phoenicians Polycarp predicted priests prince promise prophecy prophet river Roman empire Rome Scripture Scythians seemed shew soldiers Spartan spirit taught temple thee things tion Trajan tribes truth Tyre unto viii witness words worldly worship Xerxes
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Página 24 - Yet now if thou wilt forgive their sin : and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast Written.
Página 3 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Página 62 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure: Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Página 55 - 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...
Página 113 - Therefore the he-goat waxed very great : and when he was strong, the great horn was broken ; and for it came up four notable ones, toward the four winds of heaven.
Página 44 - Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Página 53 - Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors ; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Página 99 - Artaxerxes' throne. To sage Philosophy next lend thine ear, From Heaven descended to the low-roofed house Of Socrates — see there his tenement — Whom, well inspired, the oracle pronounced Wisest of men; from whose mouth issued forth Mellifluous streams, that watered all the schools Of Academics old and new, with those Surnamed Peripatetics, and the sect Epicurean and the Stoic severe.
Página 29 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men ; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol : and his fame was in all nations round about.
Página 58 - Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.