 | Archibald Bower - Bibliography - 1732 - 536 pages
...xii. 4, 10. Sit alp, 4{tc. i. 3. the Prophecies of the Old Teftament, not to gratify Men's Curiofity, by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after...they were fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the Events, dnd his own Providence, not the Interpreters, be then manifefted thereby to the World. For... | |
 | rev. Christopher Brown - Bible - 1748 - 338 pages
...otherwife ; he gave this, and the Prophecies of the Old Tcftament, not to gratify Men's Curiofities, by enabling them to foreknow Things, but that after...fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the Event, and his own Providence, not the Interpreter?, be thereby manifefted to the World : For the Event of .Things... | |
 | Thomas Newton (bp. of Bristol.) - Bible - 1766 - 518 pages
...otherwife. *' He gave this and the prophecies of the '.** 'Old Teftament, not to gratify men's curiofities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after...fulfilled they might **' be interpreted by the event, and his own " providence, not the interpreters, be then ma" nifefted thereby to the world." If therefore... | |
 | Richard Hurd - Antichrist - 1773 - 254 pages
...fupport the credit of thofe prophecies *' TcftamenV not to gratify men's curiofities by ena*' bling them to foreknow things ; but that, after they **...fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the " event; and hir own protidence, not the intepreter*s, *' be then manifefted thereby to the world." Sir I. Newton,... | |
 | Catherine D'Oyly - 1794 - 748 pages
...otherwife : he gave this, as well as the prophecies of the Old Teftament, not to gratify men's curiofity by enabling them to foreknow things, but that, after...they were fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the events, and his own providence (not the interpreters) be then manifefted thereby to the world. We are... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 474 pages
...othr nvife : He gave this and the prophecies of the Old Teilament, not to gratify men« curiolities, by enabling them to foreknow things : but that, after...they were fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the events ; and his own providence, not th: interpreters, be then manifefted thereby to the world. And... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1799 - 622 pages
...much otherwife. He gave this and the prophecies of the Old Teftament, not to gratify men's curiofities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after...they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the events ; and his own Providence, not the interpreter's, be then manifefted thereby to the world : and... | |
 | 1815 - 436 pages
...prophecies, should be well acquainted with the nature of (he evidence they are intended to fur* tnsli, that he may not, through ignorance of this essential point,...those predictions which are already fulfilled; and '.hat the office of an Interpreter of Prophecy is '' not to foretell times and things by Prophecy,... | |
 | Joseph Galloway - Bible - 1802 - 512 pages
...giving *' the prophecies was not to gratify the curiofi" ties of men by enabling them to foreknew *' things; but that after they were fulfilled they " might be interpreted by the events and his «' own providence, and not that of the inter" preter's; and that thus it might be mani«'... | |
 | Thomas Newton - Bible - 1803 - 490 pages
...otherwife. He gave this and the prophecies " of the Old Teftament, not to gratify men's curiofities <c by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after...fulfilled they might be interpreted by the " event, and his own providence, not the interpreters, " be then manifefted thereby to the world." If therewrong.... | |
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Testament, not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and his own Providence, not the Interpreters, be then manifested thereby to the world. 
