This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...shall be done." Verse 37: " Keither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women some idol, apparently, nor regard any God; for he shall magnify himself above all." And yet in secret he is found to be the slave of abject superstition (verses 38, 39): "But in his estate shall he honour the god of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...shall be done." Verse 37: " Keither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women some idol, apparently, nor regard any God; for he shall magnify himself above all." And yet in secret he is found to be the slave of abject superstition (verses 38, 39): "But in his estate shall he honour the god of forces; and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pleasant things. Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain." What this object of his worship may be, is not, I think, apparent: it shows, however, the twofold acting of this king, who takes before men the place of the supreme God, and yet is himself a secret idolater: he is a successful conqueror, and he honours the god of forces in strong holds. The last six verses of the chapter bring before us the crisis of his history: --" And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north now again mentioned as a kingdom shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and many ships; and he" namely the king who is the subject of this part of the chapter " shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over." He next turns his arms towards Egypt, passing through the Holy Land: --"He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon." It is interesting to observe how these three districts, of which at this time he does not take possession, are spe...
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