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... born from nature's most forbidding mould , slowly drag out a wretched existence of misery , pain , and deformity , the objects of pity and commiseration ; if we bestow upon one of these but a passing thought , we experience the utmost ...
... born from nature's most forbidding mould , slowly drag out a wretched existence of misery , pain , and deformity , the objects of pity and commiseration ; if we bestow upon one of these but a passing thought , we experience the utmost ...
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... born blind ) till its reunion with matter , the moment of our sinking into this state of un- consciousness will appear to us to be instantly succeeded by that of our awaking from it , even though twenty centuries may have intervened ...
... born blind ) till its reunion with matter , the moment of our sinking into this state of un- consciousness will appear to us to be instantly succeeded by that of our awaking from it , even though twenty centuries may have intervened ...
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... chrysalis shell- become too gross . She leaves the dust - born body to the slow combustion which we call a Physical Geography , by Mary Somerville , p . 368 . decay . A little pile of ashes remains to the THE VISIBLE BODY . 137.
... chrysalis shell- become too gross . She leaves the dust - born body to the slow combustion which we call a Physical Geography , by Mary Somerville , p . 368 . decay . A little pile of ashes remains to the THE VISIBLE BODY . 137.
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... born to know the Creator , he must necessarily be born to know the truth ; and that as this knowledge can never be attained while his body upon earth remains as an obstacle to the aspirations of the soul , perfect knowledge must be ...
... born to know the Creator , he must necessarily be born to know the truth ; and that as this knowledge can never be attained while his body upon earth remains as an obstacle to the aspirations of the soul , perfect knowledge must be ...
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... born of every creature . His being the image of the invisible God cannot refer merely to his divine nature , for that is invisible in the Son as in the Father : therefore it seems to refer to his pre - existent soul in union with the ...
... born of every creature . His being the image of the invisible God cannot refer merely to his divine nature , for that is invisible in the Son as in the Father : therefore it seems to refer to his pre - existent soul in union with the ...
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Thoughts on Being: Suggested by Meditation Upon the Infinite, the Immaterial ... Edward Shirley Kennedy No preview available - 2009 |
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Page 242 - And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 'and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 'and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. • For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 260 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding — if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures, — then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God..
Page 271 - ... having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times, he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him...
Page xiii - This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh : and these are contrary the one to the other : so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
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Page xv - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
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Page 224 - Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 217 - Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee ; and before thou earnest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Page 217 - WHO is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.