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... become evil and unhappy . Corrupted manners and sciences , pride of birth and rank , contempt of laws , delight in wars , selfish- nefs , and covetoufnefs ; thefe are our enemies . It is easy to mention them , but the Lord God only can ...
... become evil and unhappy . Corrupted manners and sciences , pride of birth and rank , contempt of laws , delight in wars , selfish- nefs , and covetoufnefs ; thefe are our enemies . It is easy to mention them , but the Lord God only can ...
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... become dangerous , though the Lord , for our fakes , endowed them with fo much beauty , and defigned for mutual happiness . The defires with which they inspire us fhould be the origin of all good ; for , marriage is the foundation of ...
... become dangerous , though the Lord , for our fakes , endowed them with fo much beauty , and defigned for mutual happiness . The defires with which they inspire us fhould be the origin of all good ; for , marriage is the foundation of ...
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... become exalted and noble , they became proud and oppreffive ; and , in the eyes of fuch , HE is nothing , WHO is but a man . This contempt between fellow - creatures has long fince produced contempt of the laws which are to govern them ...
... become exalted and noble , they became proud and oppreffive ; and , in the eyes of fuch , HE is nothing , WHO is but a man . This contempt between fellow - creatures has long fince produced contempt of the laws which are to govern them ...
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... become a pledge of the eternal goodness , and a comfort to the faithful . He , to whom the Lord revealed these hitherto hidden myfteries , no lefs favoured than Mofes , Ezekiel , Elias , John , and Paul , declares that he , for many ...
... become a pledge of the eternal goodness , and a comfort to the faithful . He , to whom the Lord revealed these hitherto hidden myfteries , no lefs favoured than Mofes , Ezekiel , Elias , John , and Paul , declares that he , for many ...
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... become a good author , until he has fufficiently laboured in gathering , with prudence and difcernment , a quantity of materials proper for the subjects he designs to treat of . And , with this view , Swedenborg ftudied , with great ...
... become a good author , until he has fufficiently laboured in gathering , with prudence and difcernment , a quantity of materials proper for the subjects he designs to treat of . And , with this view , Swedenborg ftudied , with great ...
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Page 166 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 104 - Man in heaven : and then mail all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they fhall fee the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory : and he...
Page 104 - Immediately after the tribulation of thofe days fhall the fun be darkened, and the moon fhall not give her light, and the ftars fhall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens fhall be fhaken...
Page 7 - Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death ; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.
Page 51 - Baron informs us,' that on a certain night a man appeared to him in the midst of a strong shining light, and said, I am God the Lord, the Creator and Redeemer ; I have chosen thee to explain to men the interior and spiritual sense of the sacred writings : I will dictate to thee what thou oughtest to write...
Page 100 - If any doubt shall still remain, I am ready to testify with the most solemn oath that can be offered in this matter, that I have said nothing but essential and real truth, without any mixture of deception. This knowledge is given to me from our Saviour, not for any particular merit of mine, but for the great concern of all Christians...
Page 104 - ... is effected by means of his servant Emanuel Swedenborg, before whom he hath manifested himself in person, and whom he hath filled with his spirit, to teach the doctrines of the new church by the word from him...
Page 195 - ... the life of man, and continually acts upon the understanding and regards as extraneous what is derived into the understanding from the memory. On the contrary, the understanding does not act on the will, but it only teaches in what manner the will should act: wherefore if a man knew from heaven whatever is known to the angels, or if he knew whatever is contained in the Word, and moreover all that is contained in the doctrines of the church, which the fathers have written and councils declared,...
Page 101 - I believe that Jehovah God himself came down from Heaven as Divine Truth, which is the Word, and took upon him Human Nature, for the Purpose of removing Hell from Man, of restoring the Heavens to Order, and of preparing the Way for a New Church upon Earth...