Heaven: Or, An Earnest and Scriptural Inquiry Into the Abode of the Sainted DeadLindsay and Blakiston, 1851 - 290 pages |
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... idea of heaven all the clearness and vividness which the revelations respecting it , in the Sacred Volume , will allow . He aims to avoid the wildness of purely philosophical speculations on the one hand , and the indefiniteness of ...
... idea of heaven all the clearness and vividness which the revelations respecting it , in the Sacred Volume , will allow . He aims to avoid the wildness of purely philosophical speculations on the one hand , and the indefiniteness of ...
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... Ideas among Pagans . SECTION I. - The Theory of Progressive Ascensions SECTION II . - Progressive Ascensions in another form SECTION III . - Heaven unseen and unfelt around us 4999855 50 56 SECTION IV . - The sudden creation of a Heaven ...
... Ideas among Pagans . SECTION I. - The Theory of Progressive Ascensions SECTION II . - Progressive Ascensions in another form SECTION III . - Heaven unseen and unfelt around us 4999855 50 56 SECTION IV . - The sudden creation of a Heaven ...
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... ideas in- tended to be conveyed , they endeavour to expand and ramify the figures employed by the sacred writers still farther , heap- ing metaphor upon metaphor , and epithet upon epithet , and blending a number of discordant ideas ...
... ideas in- tended to be conveyed , they endeavour to expand and ramify the figures employed by the sacred writers still farther , heap- ing metaphor upon metaphor , and epithet upon epithet , and blending a number of discordant ideas ...
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... ideas intended to be conveyed by the metaphorical language of inspiration , when stripped of its drapery . They can ... idea of heaven which is too frequently conveyed by the vague and distorted descriptions which have been given of the ...
... ideas intended to be conveyed by the metaphorical language of inspiration , when stripped of its drapery . They can ... idea of heaven which is too frequently conveyed by the vague and distorted descriptions which have been given of the ...
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... ideas which they are intended to convey plainer to us , and of giving us a more graphic description of those things which are unseen and eternal . We may know more of heaven from these figures , images , and symbols , than if it had ...
... ideas which they are intended to convey plainer to us , and of giving us a more graphic description of those things which are unseen and eternal . We may know more of heaven from these figures , images , and symbols , than if it had ...
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Page 212 - not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death ? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death ; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead, by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life...
Page 75 - But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Page 221 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 247 - But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers.
Page 68 - For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Page 216 - That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
Page 237 - And he went out and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.
Page 65 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 149 - to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.
Page 72 - Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him : for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.