 | Edward Gibbon - 1787 - 502 стор.
...underftood in their literal fenfe the difcourfes of Chrift himfelf , were obliged to expect the fecond and glorious coming of the Son of Man in the clouds, before th:tt generation was totally extinguished , which had beheld his humble i ondition upon earth , and... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1792 - 380 стор.
...heaven " were '** were at hand." This aflertion is as deftitute of proof, as his affirmation " that the near " approach of this wonderful event had been " predicted by the apdftles." We are fully aware that fome indefinite expreffions of St. Peter may be wrefted into an... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 610 стор.
...asserted that " the near approach of the end of the world had been predicted by the apostles, and that those who understood, in their literal sense, the...which had beheld his humble condition upon earth." He will see in the assertion of this writer, that " for wise purposes this error was permitted to subsist... | |
 | N. NISBETT - 1802 - 314 стор.
...experience. It was univerfally believed " that the end of the world and the kingdom of heaven were ae hand. The near approach of this wonderful event had been predicted by the Apoftles ; the tradition of it was preferved by their earlieft diiciples and thofe who underftood,... | |
 | Arthur Aikin - 1803 - 996 стор.
...experience. It was universally believed, that the end of the world, and the kingdom of heaven, were at hand. The near approach of this wonderful event had been...discourses of Christ himself, were obliged to expect the seccnd and glorious coming of the son of man in the clouds, before that generation was totally extinguished,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 530 стор.
...experience. It was universally believed, that the end of the world, and the kingdom of Heaven, were at hand. The near approach of this wonderful event had been...it was preserved by their earliest disciples, and CHAP. those who understood in their literal sense the xv. discourses of Christ himself, were obliged... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1808 - 428 стор.
...seizes every opportunity of sjlently aiming a blow against the evidences of its divine original. ' Those who understood in their literal sense the discourses of Christ himself ' were,' says Mr. Gibbon, ' OBLIGED to expect the second and glorious coming of the son of man in the clouds,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1810 - 462 стор.
...was preserved by Xv' their earliest disciples, and those who understood in "*"" their literal seuse the discourses of Christ himself, were obliged to expect the second and glorious coining of the Son of Man in the clouds, before that generation was totally extinguished, which had... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 468 стор.
...end of the world and the kingdom of heaven, were at hand. The near approach of this wonderful vent had been predicted by the apostles; the tradition of it .was preserved by their earliest. <iisciples, and those who understood in their literal sense the discourses of Christ himself, were... | |
 | George Bush - 1832 - 292 стор.
...experience. It was universally believed that the end of the world, and the kingdom of heaven, were at hand. The near approach of this wonderful event had been...extinguished, which had beheld his humble condition, and which might still be witness of the calamities of the Jews under Vespasian or Hadrian. The revolution... | |
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It was universally believed, that the end of the world, and the kingdom of heaven, were at hand.* The near approach of this wonderful event had been predicted by the apostles ; the tradition of it was preserved by their earliest disciples, and those who... 
