Dialogues on the other world, tending to illustrate the writings of the Prophets1759 |
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... Distance then as nothing . But as this is a Matter , which in my Opi- . nion , can neither be prov'd from Reason , nor yet from Scripture , I could be glad , methinks , if Heaven were fomewhat nearer , and that it was not quite fo long ...
... Distance then as nothing . But as this is a Matter , which in my Opi- . nion , can neither be prov'd from Reason , nor yet from Scripture , I could be glad , methinks , if Heaven were fomewhat nearer , and that it was not quite fo long ...
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... Distance be ever fo great , or incon- ceivable ? I can very fafely , anfwer'n CRITO , con- fide in the Power of God to make me happy when and where he pleases ; nor shall any Uncertainty of the Seat of Happiness ever ftagger my Faith ...
... Distance be ever fo great , or incon- ceivable ? I can very fafely , anfwer'n CRITO , con- fide in the Power of God to make me happy when and where he pleases ; nor shall any Uncertainty of the Seat of Happiness ever ftagger my Faith ...
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... Distance , I own , to me is fo amazing , that I am afto- nish'd whenever I think of it . And what after all , if all beyond our Sight should be but fimilar to what is in it ! our optick Glaffes feem to fhew it is fo ! And if this be the ...
... Distance , I own , to me is fo amazing , that I am afto- nish'd whenever I think of it . And what after all , if all beyond our Sight should be but fimilar to what is in it ! our optick Glaffes feem to fhew it is fo ! And if this be the ...
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... them in Thought , the Distance of Heaven need not fo much difturb us . Was it ever fo far , we might be there in the Twinkling of an Eye . I am fo well convinced , fays PHILANDER , that that Thinking is not Motion , that I begin to [ 8 ]
... them in Thought , the Distance of Heaven need not fo much difturb us . Was it ever fo far , we might be there in the Twinkling of an Eye . I am fo well convinced , fays PHILANDER , that that Thinking is not Motion , that I begin to [ 8 ]
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... Distance is not so very far from us , as you Philander were going to make it . We have indeed been hindring Theophilus all this Time , fays CRITO . He was going to to fhew us from Scripture the Seat of Hap- pinefs [ 15 ]
... Distance is not so very far from us , as you Philander were going to make it . We have indeed been hindring Theophilus all this Time , fays CRITO . He was going to to fhew us from Scripture the Seat of Hap- pinefs [ 15 ]
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Page 48 - Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Page 60 - Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
Page 95 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Page 68 - And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea ; and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.
Page 138 - For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Page 48 - What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?
Page 118 - The world shall burn, and from her ashes spring New heaven and earth, wherein the just shall dwell, And, after all their tribulations long, See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds, With joy and love triumphing, and fair truth...
Page 25 - Though yet unsung, as deem'd, perhaps, too bold ? Angels are men of a superior kind; Angels are men in lighter habit clad, High o'er celestial mountains wing'd in flight; And men are angels, loaded for an hour, Who wade this miry vale, and climb with pain, And slippery step, the bottom of the steep.
Page 47 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground, Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 47 - Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death ; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.