The Journal of Sacred Literature, Volume 1John Kitto C. Cox, 1848 - Bible |
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... heaven is the local abode of Deity , and of beings supe- rior to man ; and that heaven is above the sky , and at no incon- ceivable distance from the earth . From that heaven the Saviour is ultimately represented as having come down ...
... heaven is the local abode of Deity , and of beings supe- rior to man ; and that heaven is above the sky , and at no incon- ceivable distance from the earth . From that heaven the Saviour is ultimately represented as having come down ...
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... heaven in the sight of his Apostles . It fails also when applied to the anthropo- morphism which attaches to the subject of prayer , and which is ever represented in Scripture as having , when rightly offered , an efficacy in procuring ...
... heaven in the sight of his Apostles . It fails also when applied to the anthropo- morphism which attaches to the subject of prayer , and which is ever represented in Scripture as having , when rightly offered , an efficacy in procuring ...
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... heaven as the abode of Deity , and of heaven as being in such near contiguity to the earth as to admit of an ascent thither , agreeably to our ordinary ideas of motion and distance ; which are among the facts which espe- cially seem to ...
... heaven as the abode of Deity , and of heaven as being in such near contiguity to the earth as to admit of an ascent thither , agreeably to our ordinary ideas of motion and distance ; which are among the facts which espe- cially seem to ...
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... Heaven , ' say they , ' is a state of the mind and affections , not a place . Heaven is everywhere to God and all good beings . Render a human being perfectly holy , and by that change in his moral condition you translate him into the ...
... Heaven , ' say they , ' is a state of the mind and affections , not a place . Heaven is everywhere to God and all good beings . Render a human being perfectly holy , and by that change in his moral condition you translate him into the ...
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... heaven , the abode of Deity . Such a reader revolts at the very idea of such an ascent . From whatever point on the earth's surface he directs his view , he believes himself to be looking into an infinite abyss of space , with regard to ...
... heaven , the abode of Deity . Such a reader revolts at the very idea of such an ascent . From whatever point on the earth's surface he directs his view , he believes himself to be looking into an infinite abyss of space , with regard to ...
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Page 121 - And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Page 248 - So were created, nor can justly accuse Their Maker, or their making, or their fate ; As if predestination over-ruled Their will, disposed by absolute decree Or high foreknowledge : they themselves decreed Their own revolt, not I : if I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault, Which had no less proved certain unforeknown. So without least impulse or shadow of fate, Or aught by me immutably foreseen, They trespass, authors to themselves in all, Both what they judge and what they choose...
Page 247 - I made him just and right, Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.
Page 135 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, "Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue. "And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them, and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes.
Page 128 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works : that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Page 243 - O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
Page 112 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; And many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Page 180 - And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Page 248 - To whom thus Adam fervently replied : — "O Woman, best are all things as the will Of God ordained them; his creating hand Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he created — much less Man, Or aught that might his happy state secure, Secure from outward force. Within himself The danger lies, yet lies within his power; Against his will he can receive no harm.
Page 384 - My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.