A Treatise on Divine Union: Designed to Point Out Some of the Intimate Relations Between God and Man in the Higher Forms of Religious ExperienceC. H. Peirce, 1851 - 443 pages |
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... important subject , and the first problem of philosophy , is the restoration in man of the lost image of God . " The immortal nature must be made anew , must be re - constituted , if we may so express it , on the principle of life ...
... important subject , and the first problem of philosophy , is the restoration in man of the lost image of God . " The immortal nature must be made anew , must be re - constituted , if we may so express it , on the principle of life ...
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... important conceptions which we associate with God , namely , that in his life is the true life , and that out of his life there is nothing but death . shall thus , in this view of God , and of the relations he We sustains to other ...
... important conceptions which we associate with God , namely , that in his life is the true life , and that out of his life there is nothing but death . shall thus , in this view of God , and of the relations he We sustains to other ...
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... fulness and perfec- tion of his presence . 7. It is hardly necessary to say , that this view of God's omnipresence is important in explaining the facts and relations of Divine Union . The physical union , 14 DIVINE UNION .
... fulness and perfec- tion of his presence . 7. It is hardly necessary to say , that this view of God's omnipresence is important in explaining the facts and relations of Divine Union . The physical union , 14 DIVINE UNION .
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... important sentiment , stands approved by philosophy , as well as by theology , by the decisions of human reason , as well as by inspira- tion . It is a sentiment which commends itself , not only deductively , but almost to man's ...
... important sentiment , stands approved by philosophy , as well as by theology , by the decisions of human reason , as well as by inspira- tion . It is a sentiment which commends itself , not only deductively , but almost to man's ...
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... important problems of existence , namely , to annihilate the idol and the super- scription of false greatness , and to seek and to rest in the greatness which is true . Happy is the man who is enabled , by divine assistance , to adjust ...
... important problems of existence , namely , to annihilate the idol and the super- scription of false greatness , and to seek and to rest in the greatness which is true . Happy is the man who is enabled , by divine assistance , to adjust ...
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Page 189 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 108 - Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you ; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so...
Page 328 - A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine.
Page 302 - He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Page 369 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 48 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols ? for ye are the temple of the living God ; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them ; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 307 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 172 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed ; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Page 187 - Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 328 - See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah ; and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...