The Intellectual repository for the New Church. (July/Sept. 1817). [Continued as] The Intellectual repository and New Jerusalem magazine. Enlarged ser., vol.1-28 |
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The face of the earth , or of the church , and the state of human minds , as demonstrated in our Papers on the Last Judgment in this Periodical during the first months of 1857 , is being entirely changed . Old things are passing away ...
The face of the earth , or of the church , and the state of human minds , as demonstrated in our Papers on the Last Judgment in this Periodical during the first months of 1857 , is being entirely changed . Old things are passing away ...
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Happy are such reflections if they make a salutary impression ; if they produce a real change ; if they melt the heart by thoughts of the Divine goodness to man , in prolonging his stay on the earth from year to year , in spite of his ...
Happy are such reflections if they make a salutary impression ; if they produce a real change ; if they melt the heart by thoughts of the Divine goodness to man , in prolonging his stay on the earth from year to year , in spite of his ...
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The Lord has created us for heaven , and placed us here on earth for a time to prepare for that kingdom , by walking in the heavenward way . He has gifted us with every means for realizing this great end of our existence .
The Lord has created us for heaven , and placed us here on earth for a time to prepare for that kingdom , by walking in the heavenward way . He has gifted us with every means for realizing this great end of our existence .
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Of Nimrod , named as the founder of the kingdom , it is said— “ He began to be a mighty one in the earth , and a mighty hunter before the Lord , and that the beginning of his kingdom was Babel or Babylon . " We may understand from this ...
Of Nimrod , named as the founder of the kingdom , it is said— “ He began to be a mighty one in the earth , and a mighty hunter before the Lord , and that the beginning of his kingdom was Babel or Babylon . " We may understand from this ...
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... ages prior to the creation and the fall of man , from which Swedenborg , contrary to Behmen , dates the origin of evil and of hell , and the consequent existence of ferocious and venomous animals upon the earth .
... ages prior to the creation and the fall of man , from which Swedenborg , contrary to Behmen , dates the origin of evil and of hell , and the consequent existence of ferocious and venomous animals upon the earth .
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Page 487 - He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock...
Page 506 - In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Page 11 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground...
Page 199 - So is the kingdom of God, as if a man " should cast seed into the ground ; * and should sleep, and " rise night and day, and the seed, should spring, and grow " up, he knoweth not how. a For, the earth, bringeth forth " fruit of herself ; first, the blade, then, the ear, after that, the
Page 266 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 57 - Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 418 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law : for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 501 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Bab-y-lon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Page 61 - For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of 'Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices : but this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Page 122 - Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, And his arm shall rule for him : Behold, his reward is with him, And his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with his arm, And carry them in his bosom, And shall gently lead those that are with young.