Metaphysic rambles, by Warner Christian SearchMilliken and Son, Grafton-Street. Booksellers to the University, 1835 - Metaphysics |
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... suppose them to be somewhere ; and probably they are in many places , and under various forms . Hamlet has told us where a part of what had once been Cæsar , or Alexander , might be found ; and that " twere not to consider too curiously ...
... suppose them to be somewhere ; and probably they are in many places , and under various forms . Hamlet has told us where a part of what had once been Cæsar , or Alexander , might be found ; and that " twere not to consider too curiously ...
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... suppose the Divine nature and substance to be immaterial . You are right to tremble . But how can you question thus profanely , you who , assuredly , do not mean to be profane ? I who can scarcely tell of earth , shall I discourse of ...
... suppose the Divine nature and substance to be immaterial . You are right to tremble . But how can you question thus profanely , you who , assuredly , do not mean to be profane ? I who can scarcely tell of earth , shall I discourse of ...
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... suppose it to have been the Second Person of the Trinity , which was , on this occasion , revealed to the great lawgiver * In this there is not even apparent inconsistency . Messiah , while on earth , continually described himself as ...
... suppose it to have been the Second Person of the Trinity , which was , on this occasion , revealed to the great lawgiver * In this there is not even apparent inconsistency . Messiah , while on earth , continually described himself as ...
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... suppose , from the preterna- tural and dazzling brightness ) sore afraid . The abode of the Messiah upon earth was that actual dwelling of God's glory amongst men , of which the Shechinah , in the ark , had been but a type and promise ...
... suppose , from the preterna- tural and dazzling brightness ) sore afraid . The abode of the Messiah upon earth was that actual dwelling of God's glory amongst men , of which the Shechinah , in the ark , had been but a type and promise ...
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... sure to share the fate of the charte ineptæ that had gone before ? But suppose these pages to find readers , still I should have to apply to my Indolence for leave of absence , before I could venture upon RAM- BLES 122 POSTSCRIPT. ...
... sure to share the fate of the charte ineptæ that had gone before ? But suppose these pages to find readers , still I should have to apply to my Indolence for leave of absence , before I could venture upon RAM- BLES 122 POSTSCRIPT. ...
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Page 101 - And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Page 101 - And they saw the God of Israel : and there was under his feet, as it were, a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Page 102 - And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament : and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Page 66 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 99 - Thee next they sang of all creation first, Begotten Son, divine similitude, In whose conspicuous countenance, without cloud Made visible, the Almighty Father shines, Whom else no creature can behold; on thee Impressed the effulgence of his glory abides, Transfused on thee his ample spirit rests.
Page 98 - Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Page 101 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 101 - And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Page 98 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 99 - Thee, Father, first they sung omnipotent, Immutable, immortal, infinite, Eternal King; thee, author of all being, Fountain of light, thyself invisible Amidst the glorious brightness where thou...