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... fact of its existence , not indeed in a solid , but in an aerial state ? So likewise , be- cause the spirit is not an object either of the sight , or of the touch , ought we on that account to deny the reality of its separate existence ...
... fact of its existence , not indeed in a solid , but in an aerial state ? So likewise , be- cause the spirit is not an object either of the sight , or of the touch , ought we on that account to deny the reality of its separate existence ...
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... fact is indisputably demonstrated by the application of galvan- ism . When water is galvanized , it instantly is decomposed , and bubbles arise from it abundantly , which , being collected in proper vessels , and examined , appear to ...
... fact is indisputably demonstrated by the application of galvan- ism . When water is galvanized , it instantly is decomposed , and bubbles arise from it abundantly , which , being collected in proper vessels , and examined , appear to ...
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... fact , however , seems to be , that we have as dis- tinct a conception of the one as of the other . Respecting the nature of a material substance , we know nothing , as I have already remarked , ex- cept from such information as we are ...
... fact , however , seems to be , that we have as dis- tinct a conception of the one as of the other . Respecting the nature of a material substance , we know nothing , as I have already remarked , ex- cept from such information as we are ...
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... fact which cannot be controverted ; or otherwise , God himself , a spirit without body , parts , or pas- sions , could not be present , as he must be , in his character of Creator and Preserver , at all times , and in all places ...
... fact which cannot be controverted ; or otherwise , God himself , a spirit without body , parts , or pas- sions , could not be present , as he must be , in his character of Creator and Preserver , at all times , and in all places ...
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... fact , to which allusion is here made , than that which is contained in the concluding lines of the same quotation , making some allow- ance for a little poetical embellishment . " And such is man , soon from his cell of clay To burst a ...
... fact , to which allusion is here made , than that which is contained in the concluding lines of the same quotation , making some allow- ance for a little poetical embellishment . " And such is man , soon from his cell of clay To burst a ...
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alluded altogether annihilated Apostles appears Arabic Arabic versions autem awake believe the soul Bishop Law Bishop of Carlisle Book of Ezra brain cease at death cerebellum chap Christ conceive creed Crellius dead decomposition departed spirits distinct dreams essential particles Ethiopic etiam evocatis express extinction extinguished eyes faculties former Gehenna germ grave Greek Hades hereafter impressions insensibility intellect Jesus Jews lapse Lord Luke lying material materialist Matthew metonymically mind mortui Moses never notion Old Testament opinion Paradise participle passage perceive perception perhaps some thousands period personal identity Pharisees power of thinking Priestley proof prove Psalm putrefaction quæ reasoning remarked rendered resurrection Sadducees Samuel Saviour Scripture seems sense sensible separate existence Septuagint Sheol signifies sleep Socinian solid soul after death soul and body soul sleeps substance sunt supposed tense thee thing thou tion translated unconscious unto verb verses visible vitam Vulgate writers xvii
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Page 70 - How loved, how honoured once, avails thee not To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee : 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Page 64 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body I cannot tell; or whether out of the body I cannot tell: God knoweth); such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth); How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Page 71 - Vital spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away.
Page 40 - These things said He: and after that He saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth ; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Page 14 - Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb and slept ! And such is Man : soon from his cell of clay To burst a Seraph in the blaze of day ! HYMN FOR JUNE.
Page 68 - But has it not been shown to them, that, when to the receptacle of the dead their souls shall be made to descend, their evil deeds shall become their greatest torment? Into darkness, into the snare, and into the flame, which shall burn to the great judgment, shall their spirits enter; and the great judgment shall take effect for ever and for ever. 6 Woe to you; for to you there shall be no peace.
Page 33 - ... or affirm that the souls die with the bodies, and at the last day shall be raised up with the same, do utterly dissent from the right belief declared unto us in Holy Scripture.
Page 13 - CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight. Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light; And, where the flowers of paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky Expand and shut with silent...
Page 63 - In the grave the chambers of souls are like the womb of a woman: for like as a woman that travaileth maketh haste to escape the necessity of the travail: even so do these places haste to deliver those things that are committed unto them.
Page 52 - And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.