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Isaiah
Major prophet who foretold the coming of the Messiah and the suffering servant.
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Also known as Isaiah
First appearance: part i book i
Isaiah shows up with force in XV. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Prophet whose words about the king of Babylon are applied to the devil.
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In XV: Prophet whose words about the king of Babylon are applied to the devil. Later, in XXIV That the seven sages flourished in the reign of Romulus, when the ten tribes which were called Israel were led into…
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- Roman Founders and Tyrants
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- XV
- XXIV That the seven sages flourished in the reign of Romulus, when the ten tribes which were called Israel were led into captivity by the Chaldeans, and Romulus, when dead, had divine honours conferred on him.
- XXIX
- Of the Authority of the Septuagint Translation
- Chapter XXI: Utterances of the Prophet Isaiah Regarding the Resurrection of the Dead and the Retributive Judgment
- What is meant by the good going out to see the punishment of the wicked
- Chapter XXIV: Passages from the Psalms of David which predict the end of the world and the last judgment
- Of Malachi's prophecy, in which he speaks of the last judgment, and of a cleansing which some are to undergo by purifying punishments
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