The Philosophy of History: Or A Philosophical and Historical Dissertation, on the Origin, Manners, Customs, and Religion of the Different Nations, and People, of Antiquity; with a Clear and Concise Exposition, of the Usages, and Opinions Common Amongst Them: And, in Particular, of Their Religious Rites, Ceremonies, and Superstitions: Interspersed with a Great Variety of Other Useful and Highly Interesting Matter ...T. North, 1829 - 326 pages |
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Page 291 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 185 - And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth ; and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Page 292 - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day.
Page 185 - ... and had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
Page 294 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Page 292 - And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
Page 264 - PLEAD thou my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me, and fight thou against them that fight against me. 2 Lay hand upon the shield and buckler, and stand up to help me. 3 Bring forth the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me : say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Page 265 - I will bring my people again, as I did from Basan ; mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea. 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same.
Page 265 - God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness.
Page 291 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...