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Daniel 9: Of the prophecy of the seventy weeks.

By Sir Isaac Newton THE Vision of the Image composed of four Metals was given first to Nebuchadnezzar, and then to Daniel in a dream: and Daniel began then to be celebrated for revealing of secrets, Ezekiel 28:3. The Vision of the four Beasts, and of the Son of man coming in the clouds of […]

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Daniel 8: Of The Kingdoms Represented In Daniel By The Ram And He-Goat

By Sir Isaac Newton. THE second and third Empires, represented by the Bear and Leopard, are again represented by the Ram and He-Goat; but with this difference, that the Ram represents the kingdoms of the Medes and Persians from the beginning of the four Empires, and the Goat represents the kingdom of the Greeks to […]

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Of the power of the eleventh horn of Daniel’s fourth beast, to change times and laws

By Sir Isaac Newton IN the reign of the Greek Emperor Justinian, and again in the reign of Phocas, the Bishop of Rome obtained some dominion over the Greek Churches, but of no long continuance. His standing dominion was onlyover the nations of the Western Empire, represented by Daniel’s fourth Beast. And this jurisdiction was […]

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Daniel 7: Of The Eleventh Horn Of Daniel’s Fourth Beast

By Sir Isaac Newton NOW Daniel considered the horns, and behold there came up among them another horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots; and behold in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things, and his look was […]

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6. Of The Ten Kingdoms Represented By The Ten Horns Of The Fourth Beast

By Sir Isaac Newton NOW by the wars above described the Western Empire of the Romans, about the time that Rome was besieged and taken by the Goths, became broken into the following ten kingdoms: The kingdom of the Vandals and Alans in Spain and Africa The kingdom of the Suevians in Spain. The kingdom […]

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Daniel 2: Of The Kingdoms Represented By The Feet Of The Image Composed Of Iron And Clay

DACIA was a large country bounded on the south by the Danube, on the east by the Euxine sea, on the north by the river Neister and the mountain Crapac, and on the west by the river Tibesis, or Teys, which runssouthward into the Danube a little above Belgrade. It comprehended the countries now called […]

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Daniel 4: Of the vision of the four beasts

By Isaac Newton: IN the next vision, which is of the four Beasts, the Prophecy of the four Empires is repeated, with several new additions; such as are the two wings of the Lion, the three ribs in the mouth of the Bear, the four wings and four heads of the Leopard, the eleven horns […]

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Daniel 2: Of the vision of the image composed of four metals

By Sir Isaac Newton The Prophecies of Daniel are all of them related to one another, as if they were but several parts of one general prophecy, given at several times. The first is the easiest to be understood, and every following prophecy adds something new to the former. The first was given in a […]

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Understanding Prophetic language of the Bible

By Isaac Newton. Understanding the Prophecies For understanding the prophecies, we are, in the first place, to acquaint ourselves with the figurative language of the Prophets. This language is taken from the analogy between the natural world and an empire or kingdom considered as a world politic. Accordingly, the whole natural world, consisting of heaven […]

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Polish brethren Unitarian statement of faith

Confession of the Christian Faith According to the Unitarians(as one of the four recognized religions in Transylvania, approved and confirmed by the fundamental laws of this land, its diplomas, various imperial rescripts, royal declarations, and princely agreements) We believe that there is only One Almighty God, who is Spirit, the Creator, Sustainer, and Ruler of […]