A Treatise on Divine Union: Designed to Point Out Some of the Intimate Relations Between God and Man in the Higher Forms of Religious ExperienceHenry V. Degen, 1857 - 435 pages |
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... pure or holy love , namely , that in its basis it is the love of existence , ( a doctrine to which some , who have not reflected much on the subject , may have . objections , ) does not essentially differ , I believe , from that which ...
... pure or holy love , namely , that in its basis it is the love of existence , ( a doctrine to which some , who have not reflected much on the subject , may have . objections , ) does not essentially differ , I believe , from that which ...
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... LOVE . CHAP . I. On the Nature of Pure or Holy Love , - · II . - On the Scripture Declaration , that God is Love , III . IV . V. - On the Love of Existence in Distinction from the Love of Character , Thoughts on the Creation of Holy ...
... LOVE . CHAP . I. On the Nature of Pure or Holy Love , - · II . - On the Scripture Declaration , that God is Love , III . IV . V. - On the Love of Existence in Distinction from the Love of Character , Thoughts on the Creation of Holy ...
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... pure fount one quickening ray , And change these inward shades to bright and glorious day ! PART FOURTH . ON THE LOVE OF GOD , AND UNION IN KNOWLEDGE . 93.
... pure fount one quickening ray , And change these inward shades to bright and glorious day ! PART FOURTH . ON THE LOVE OF GOD , AND UNION IN KNOWLEDGE . 93.
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... LOVE OF GOD , AND THE UNION OF GOD AND MAN IN LOVE . CHAPTER I. ON THE NATURE OF PURE OR HOLY LOVE . - Love has a nature of its own . - No love without an object of love . - Its nature is to seek its object without a view to reward ...
... LOVE OF GOD , AND THE UNION OF GOD AND MAN IN LOVE . CHAPTER I. ON THE NATURE OF PURE OR HOLY LOVE . - Love has a nature of its own . - No love without an object of love . - Its nature is to seek its object without a view to reward ...
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... pure love is self - forgetting . 3. Again , it is one of the traits of love , that it does not remain quiescent in him who is the subject of it , but has a tendency ( a tendency which is inherent , and consti- tutes a part of its nature ) ...
... pure love is self - forgetting . 3. Again , it is one of the traits of love , that it does not remain quiescent in him who is the subject of it , but has a tendency ( a tendency which is inherent , and consti- tutes a part of its nature ) ...
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