Theological Works: To which is Prefixed Biographical Memoir of the AuthorJ. Chaimers, 1809 |
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... trees'— ' Every tree that is pleasant to ' the sight , and good for food ; ' which last expres- sion is to be taken in a sacramental sense for the food of the soul , as we find that man had been otherwise supplied with bodily food ...
... trees'— ' Every tree that is pleasant to ' the sight , and good for food ; ' which last expres- sion is to be taken in a sacramental sense for the food of the soul , as we find that man had been otherwise supplied with bodily food ...
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... trees we have the particular names left on record ; the one distinguished as the tree of knowledge of good and evil , which , by the dismal consequences that followed on eating of it , was an emblem of mortality , and of the danger of ...
... trees we have the particular names left on record ; the one distinguished as the tree of knowledge of good and evil , which , by the dismal consequences that followed on eating of it , was an emblem of mortality , and of the danger of ...
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... tree of knowledge , is most worthy of regard , ( for I own this last is objected to , and perhaps not without reason ) , certain it is , that we have more full indications of the nature and design of the other tree , called the tree of ...
... tree of knowledge , is most worthy of regard , ( for I own this last is objected to , and perhaps not without reason ) , certain it is , that we have more full indications of the nature and design of the other tree , called the tree of ...
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... tree of life ; the same tree of life , of which if our first pa- rents had eaten in Paradise , they should have lived for ever , ' and of which Jesus Christ promises to give him that overcometh a right to eat 3 . This river , then , and ...
... tree of life ; the same tree of life , of which if our first pa- rents had eaten in Paradise , they should have lived for ever , ' and of which Jesus Christ promises to give him that overcometh a right to eat 3 . This river , then , and ...
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... tree of life that our first parents directed their worship . It is said that , after their eyes were opened upon eating the forbidden fruit , they hid themselves from the pre- ' sence of the Lord ' . Can we however imagine , that they ...
... tree of life that our first parents directed their worship . It is said that , after their eyes were opened upon eating the forbidden fruit , they hid themselves from the pre- ' sence of the Lord ' . Can we however imagine , that they ...
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Page 74 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 77 - For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Page 162 - Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Page 296 - I will rise now, and go about the city In the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not.
Page 53 - And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts, the silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 456 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 404 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his pleasant fruits.
Page 304 - It was but a little that I passed from them, But I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, [no:] Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Page 24 - As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man and the face of a lion, on the right side : and they four had the face of an ox on the left side ; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Page 12 - ... and God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat...