He gave this and the Prophecies of the Old 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... The Life of Sir Isaac Newton - Página 251por David Brewster - 1832 - 323 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1848 - 526 páginas
...because they were declared in the word of God. For, as Newton observes, the prophecies were given not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that his own Providence might be manifested in their fulfilment. " For the event of things predicted many... | |
| George Grant - 1849 - 316 páginas
...Newton regards the prophecies of the Old and New Testament not as given to gratify men's curiosity, by enabling them to foreknow things, but that, after...instances of God's Providence ; and he adds, that *' amongst the interpreters of the last age there is scarce one of note who hath not made some discovery... | |
| George Grant - 1849 - 318 páginas
...Newton regards the prophecies of the Old and New Testament not as given to gratify men's curiosity, by enabling them to foreknow things, but that, after...instances of God's Providence ; and he adds, that " amongst the interpreters of the last age there is scarce one of note who hath not made some discovery... | |
| George Grant - 1849 - 322 páginas
...Newton regards the prophecies of the Old and New Testament not as given to gratify men's curiosity, by enabling them to foreknow things, but that, after...instances of God's Providence ; and he adds, that " amongst the interpreters of the last age there is scarce one of note who hath not made some discovery... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1849 - 454 páginas
...interpret it. " God gave such predictions," observes Sir Isaac Newton, " not to gratify men's curiosity, by enabling them to foreknow things ; but that after...fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the event ; and his own providence, not that of the interpreter, be then manifested to the world." (Sir Isaac Newton... | |
| Samuel Hinds - 1850 - 444 páginas
...interpret it. " God gave such predictions," observes Sir Isaac Newton, " not to gratify men's curiosity, by enabling them to foreknow things ; but that after...fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the event ; and his own providence, not that of the interpreter, be then manifested to the world." (Sir Isaac Newton... | |
| bart Edward Cust (hon. sir) - 1850 - 898 páginas
...gave prophecies, not to gratify man's curiosity by enabling them to foreknow things; but to the end, that, after they were fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the event; and thus that His Providence, and not the skill and wisdom of interpreters be thereby manifested to the... | |
| James Armstrong (curate of Ardoyne.) - 1851 - 216 páginas
...God designed to make them prophets. God gave this, and the other prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosities, by enabling them to...fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the event ; and his own providence not the interpreter's, be manifested thereby to the world." See note A, at the end.... | |
| Patrick Campbell Macdougall - 1852 - 358 páginas
...designed to make them prophets ; whereas, he gave this and the prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosities, by enabling them to...fulfilled, they might be interpreted by the event, and his own providence, not the interpreters, be then manifested to the world;" — this being the case,... | |
| John Farrar - 1852 - 692 páginas
...Newton : " God gave these and the prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosity, by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after...fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event; and his own prescience, not that of the interpreters, be then manifested thereby to the world.'' The principal... | |
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