An Appeal in Behalf of the Views of the Eternal World and State and the Doctrines of Faith and Life, Held by the Body of Christians who Believe that a New Church is Signified (in the Revelation Chap. XXI) by the New Jerusalem ... |
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... essence is the Divine Truth in person , that is , the Lord Himself ; just as the sun is the inmost essence of all the light of day ; and thus plenarily , it is , according to our ideas , that the written Word is divinely inspired . Now ...
... essence is the Divine Truth in person , that is , the Lord Himself ; just as the sun is the inmost essence of all the light of day ; and thus plenarily , it is , according to our ideas , that the written Word is divinely inspired . Now ...
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... essence of the Creator is pure Divine Love ( 1 John iv . 8 , 16 ) . What was the cause from which we were created ? Divine Love . What was the cause from which we were redeemed ? Divine Love . When from his Divine Love the Lord created ...
... essence of the Creator is pure Divine Love ( 1 John iv . 8 , 16 ) . What was the cause from which we were created ? Divine Love . What was the cause from which we were redeemed ? Divine Love . When from his Divine Love the Lord created ...
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... essences of things lie open ? But I am content , for the present , to rest the truth of Sweden- borg's pretensions to the divine illumination he professes to have received , in addition to the support they derived from his personal ...
... essences of things lie open ? But I am content , for the present , to rest the truth of Sweden- borg's pretensions to the divine illumination he professes to have received , in addition to the support they derived from his personal ...
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... ' WHOSE DOCTRINE , too , is such as all good men must earnestly wish should become uni- versal , —that is , is the ESSENCE OF REASON AND EXCELLENCE ? I. It is we are well aware , ( and 14 AND THE APPEARANCES IN THEM . 157.
... ' WHOSE DOCTRINE , too , is such as all good men must earnestly wish should become uni- versal , —that is , is the ESSENCE OF REASON AND EXCELLENCE ? I. It is we are well aware , ( and 14 AND THE APPEARANCES IN THEM . 157.
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... , is to be afraid of evil ; for though hell is a place and state of misery , the essence of it is evil . The fear of hell which is not accompanied * P. 66 . † P. 67 . with the fear of evil is but a spurious and 160 HEAVEN AND HELL ;
... , is to be afraid of evil ; for though hell is a place and state of misery , the essence of it is evil . The fear of hell which is not accompanied * P. 66 . † P. 67 . with the fear of evil is but a spurious and 160 HEAVEN AND HELL ;
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Page 185 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye out to meet him.
Page 126 - The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his Lord: if they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household...
Page 61 - Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother : 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
Page 36 - For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
Page 87 - Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. 9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
Page 59 - Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Page 178 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 77 - And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up ; and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel...
Page 46 - ... and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Page 44 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.