A Course of Lectures on the Doctrines of the New Jerusalem Church, as Revealed in the Theological Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg: Delivered in the City of New York During the Winter of 1840-41published for the author, 1842 |
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... persons among us , suffi- ciently dissatisfied with the leading doctrines of religion as taught in the prevailing Church , sufficiently desirous of finding some purer and more rational Theology , and sufficiently in the good of life ...
... persons among us , suffi- ciently dissatisfied with the leading doctrines of religion as taught in the prevailing Church , sufficiently desirous of finding some purer and more rational Theology , and sufficiently in the good of life ...
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... persons that they were originally prepared , but for those who have little or no knowledge of these writings , so it is chiefly for this latter class that they are now offered in their present form . The writer desires to be regarded ...
... persons that they were originally prepared , but for those who have little or no knowledge of these writings , so it is chiefly for this latter class that they are now offered in their present form . The writer desires to be regarded ...
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... persons who have no faith in the reality of a spiritual world , and no love for spiritual things . The charge of mysticism which is often brought against these writings , is itself a sufficient commen- tary upon the spiritual state of ...
... persons who have no faith in the reality of a spiritual world , and no love for spiritual things . The charge of mysticism which is often brought against these writings , is itself a sufficient commen- tary upon the spiritual state of ...
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... person is not in that humble , docile , child - like frame of mind , which is favorable to the reception of truth , or to a fair investigation of any subject . And before he can be made wiser by the truths of the New Church , or before ...
... person is not in that humble , docile , child - like frame of mind , which is favorable to the reception of truth , or to a fair investigation of any subject . And before he can be made wiser by the truths of the New Church , or before ...
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... persons against the New Church . But honest people must see that such a course is extremely unfair . Stone , and mortar , and rough lath - boards may be indispensable in building a royal mansion ; but neither of these could be ...
... persons against the New Church . But honest people must see that such a course is extremely unfair . Stone , and mortar , and rough lath - boards may be indispensable in building a royal mansion ; but neither of these could be ...
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Page 283 - Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do : for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
Page 224 - For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Page 144 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Page 343 - And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Page 102 - Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
Page 274 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Page 53 - And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots : " And the Spirit of the Lord s'hall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord...
Page 92 - For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: And the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Page 144 - And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months ; and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man. 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it ; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Page 169 - 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.