Reasons for Joining the New Jerusalem ChurchJohn Douglas, 1845 - 153 pages |
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... according to the light I then had . But my Episcopal friends ask why I forsook their church , and whether I have acted as conscientiously in joining an- other church ? I answer that conscientiously I could not remain in the old church ...
... according to the light I then had . But my Episcopal friends ask why I forsook their church , and whether I have acted as conscientiously in joining an- other church ? I answer that conscientiously I could not remain in the old church ...
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... be amiss to state here , that it does not mean that he travelled through the skies , and visited far distant heavenly regions , according to the natural idea , as some have supposed . To have a clear idea of the subject , let one 36.
... be amiss to state here , that it does not mean that he travelled through the skies , and visited far distant heavenly regions , according to the natural idea , as some have supposed . To have a clear idea of the subject , let one 36.
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... according to the letter , and vehemently defend such explanations , when yet the inter- nal sense of those words is , that essential Faith in the Lord , which is with those only who are in love to the Lord , and in charity towards the ...
... according to the letter , and vehemently defend such explanations , when yet the inter- nal sense of those words is , that essential Faith in the Lord , which is with those only who are in love to the Lord , and in charity towards the ...
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... according to the letter , as in the instance of the above words to Peter , whereby they arro- gate to themselves the power of saving mankind . " " But some are perhaps , ready to ask , ' why should there have been any cloud about the ...
... according to the letter , as in the instance of the above words to Peter , whereby they arro- gate to themselves the power of saving mankind . " " But some are perhaps , ready to ask , ' why should there have been any cloud about the ...
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... according to divine order , because the world could not have been constituted otherwise than it is , is the true answer to the question why the appearance of truth in the letter of the Word so often differs from the genuine truth itself ...
... according to divine order , because the world could not have been constituted otherwise than it is , is the true answer to the question why the appearance of truth in the letter of the Word so often differs from the genuine truth itself ...
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Page 7 - When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them ; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
Page 36 - For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Page 132 - Jesus saith unto him] : — Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father...
Page 63 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 46 - Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 74 - Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem, which now is, and is in bondage with her children. 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Page 77 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 78 - I am the living bread which came down from heaven : if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Page 63 - And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Page 59 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...