 | Archibald Bower - Bibliography - 1732 - 536 pages
...Wlfejhall mderjiand, butxone of the Wicked, foall under jl and*. THE Folly of Interpreters, according to1 Sir Ifaac, has been to foretel times and things by this Prophecy, as if God defigned to makethem Prophet-s •* by tlm raflinefs they have not only expofed therofelves, but brought the Prophecy... | |
 | rev. Christopher Brown - Bible - 1748 - 338 pages
...Religion, comes from God. See 2 Tim. iii. 1 6, 17. ' I know the Folly of Interpreters has been to foretell Times and Things .by this Prophecy, as if God defigned to make them Prophets. By this Raflmefs they have not only expoled themfelves, but brought the Prophecy alfo into Contempt. The Defign... | |
 | Thomas Newton (bp. of Bristol.) - Bible - 1766 - 518 pages
...times and things by this prophecy, as if God de/igned •**.to 'make them prophets. By this raflmeis " they have not only expofed themfelves, but •**• brought the prophecy alfo into contempt. " The defigri of God was much otherwife. *' He gave this and the prophecies of the '.** 'Old Teftament, not... | |
 | Joseph Eyre - Bible - 1771 - 194 pages
...of this Pro* phecy that it is not yet underftood. The folly * of interpreters has been to forecell times and * things by this Prophecy, as if God defigned * to make them Prophets; by fuch rafhnefs they * have not only expofed themfelves, but brought * that part of fcripture into contempt.... | |
 | Books - 1772 - 620 pages
...therefore it makes for the credit of this prophecy that it is not yet underftood. The folly of interpreters has been to foretel times and things by this prophecy, as if God defigned to make them prophets j by fuch rafhnefs they have not only expofed themfelves, but brought that part of fcripture into contempt.... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1778 - 508 pages
...foretel times ar.d tilings hy this prophecy ; as if God dcfigned to n.ake them frepiet!. By this raihnels they have not only expofed themfelves, but brought the prophecy alfo into contempt. The deiign of God was much otherwife. He gave this and the prophecies of the Old Teftumenr, not to gratify... | |
 | Catherine D'Oyly - 1794 - 748 pages
...to the fubje6t we are upon. " The folly of interpreters has been (as " Sir Ifaac Newton obferves,) to foretel " times and things by this prophecy, as...them prophets. " By this rafhnefs they have not only ex" pofed themfelves, but brought the pro*' phecies alfo into contempt." The The defign of God was... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1797 - 752 pages
...modefty, in his Obfervations on the Apocalypfe, " The folly of *' interpreters * has been, to foretell times and *' things by this prophecy, as if God defigned...alfo into contempt. The defign •** of God was much otherwise : he gave this and " This," fays the inveftigating Montagne, " I have " feen with niy own... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 474 pages
...prophecy, that it is not yet underftood. The folly of interpreters has been to foretel times and thing» by this prophecy, as if God defigned to make them prophets. By this raftmefs they have not only expofed themfelves, but brought the prophecy alfo into contempt. The deugn... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1798 - 536 pages
..." of interpreters * has been, to foretell times " and things by this prophecy, as if Qod-de" figned to make them prophets. By this " rafhnefs tHey have not only expofed; them" felves, but brought the prophecy alto1 into " contempt. The defign of' God was much " otherwife... | |
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The folly of Interpreters has been, to foretel times and things by this Prophecy, as if God designed to make them Prophets. 
