Which preposition to use with prophecies

of Occurrences 272%

The Jewish rites and ceremonies (Exodus XII.) are referred to in the prophecies of the Messias.

in Occurrences 40%

so, how if he should be smitten now; the plaguy Jade had sure the Spirit of Prophecy in her; 'tis so'tis shemy Lord.

to Occurrences 15%

He commits his prophecies to writing for the benefit of future ages, in which he gives reasons for the judgments to be sent upon wicked nations, so that the great principles seen in the moral government of God may remain of perpetual significance.

as Occurrences 11%

"Shall we proceed to select the jury?" The accuracy of Mr. Tutt's prophecy as to the probable length of the trial was partially demonstrated when it developed that most of the talesmen had a pronounced antipathy to Chinese murder cases, and a deep-rooted prejudice against the race as a whole.

for Occurrences 11%

The sky had two great tales for himguidance for his craft and prophecies for his soul; but he did not inhabit it with his gods or his dead, as do Christians and other religionists, for the mountains, the valleys, and the caves were the abiding-places of spirits, and the Tahitian had named only those stars which blazed forth most vividly or served him as compass on the sea.

from Occurrences 7%

So great was this event that Ezekiel dates the opening of his prophecies from it.

about Occurrences 6%

Well, having made a picture of them that's proved true, I'll make a prophecy about them, and I'll bet you it proves just as true.

with Occurrences 5%

My pretty cast-of Merlins,[40] what prophecies with your little maestershippes?

on Occurrences 4%

His lieges, who seek oblivion in the desert, need not worry about the water that will never run over the millwheel again, or dwell in prophecy on floods to come.

than Occurrences 4%

It seemed out of all proportion to the occasion; but a day was coming when it would seem more like a prophecy than a mere sentiment.

against Occurrences 4%

Walter at first treated the matter lightly, laughed at the prophecy, and declared he would not lose a year's liberty if all the astrologers in the world were to croak their ridiculous prophecies against him.

by Occurrences 4%

If you do not receive this letter on time know that it is because I am learning about the Jew; how he is everywhere proving the truth of prophecy by becoming a resident of every country.

of Occurrences 4%

I cannot conceive a more beautiful synopsis of a work on the Prophecies of the Old Testament, than is given in this Recapitulation.

through Occurrences 2%

Now this forecasting disposition has led the writer not only to publish a book of deliberate prophesying, called "Anticipations," but almost without premeditation to scatter a number of more or less obvious prophecies through his other books.

without Occurrences 1%

Permit us to suggest an idea, which, though it is only conjecture, may show how enough can be accomplished to fulfill the prophecy without involving the classes mentioned.

in Occurrences 1%

They are not on a level of the Psalms in piety, nor of the Prophecies in grandeur, but they recognize the immutable principles of moral obligation.

after Occurrences 1%

The references to Williamsburg, the Chickahominy, and the "neck between the rivers" are not "prophecies after the fact.

amid Occurrences 1%

" The poet who wrote his unrivaled prophecies amid the humiliation of the national exile in Babylonia, cried out in one place:

among Occurrences 1%

It is mentioned by writers of the third and fourth centuries, and our own divines have not wholly rejected it, for Bishop Taylor mentions the sibyl's prophecy among "the great and glorious accidents happening about the birth of Jesus.

at Occurrences 1%

And in open court he flung his fierce prophecy at the king, that as till now he had been greatest among the kings of the earth, so henceforth, forsaken by God and destitute of His grace, until his latest breath his glory should be turned into disaster and his honour into shame.

into Occurrences 1%

All history is but the prophecy of our final success,and Milton has put the prophecy into words: "Go on, O Nation, never to be disunited!

out Occurrences 1%

We almost shudder in anticipation of the sounds which he has probably evoked from the harp of Judah's minstrel king, of the colors which he has put on the canvas where are painted the glowing visions of Isaiah, and of the rude matter-of-fact method in which he has doubtless used the modern telescope to penetrate and scatter the glorious and solemn mysteries of the cloud-land of prophecy out of which spake the God of Daniel.

over Occurrences 1%

Then, having become one on this serious subject, we began to wonder what Mr. Haines' dream might portend this time, and prepare our minds for the verse from the prophecies over which dear Uncle Pennyman had made his latest stumble.

Of Occurrences 1%

I. Upon that famous rivers further shore, There stood a snowie Swan, of heavenly hiew 590 And gentle kinde as ever fowle afore; A fairer one in all the goodlie criew Of white Strimonian brood might no man view: There he most sweetly sung the prophecie Of his owne death in dolefull elegie.

Which preposition to use with  prophecies