The Intellectual repository for the New Church. (July/Sept. 1817). [Continued as] The Intellectual repository and New Jerusalem magazine. Enlarged ser., vol.1-28 |
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... light on important points , but greater light might be exceedingly inconvenient to possess , because it would make enemies of the majority of their supporters , who prefer darkness to light , calling it " the good old way ...
... light on important points , but greater light might be exceedingly inconvenient to possess , because it would make enemies of the majority of their supporters , who prefer darkness to light , calling it " the good old way ...
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... light that angels enjoy . And this world , too , on which we stand , will become , by its light , a thousand times more wonderful ; for it will then be seen to be an image of the Eternal , - ‚ —a mirror in which we can behold the face ...
... light that angels enjoy . And this world , too , on which we stand , will become , by its light , a thousand times more wonderful ; for it will then be seen to be an image of the Eternal , - ‚ —a mirror in which we can behold the face ...
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... light and shade , heat and cold , from what is hard to what is softer , & c . We are informed that correspondence and metaphor ? and can the things of nature be used metaphorically without entering the domains of correspondence ? That ...
... light and shade , heat and cold , from what is hard to what is softer , & c . We are informed that correspondence and metaphor ? and can the things of nature be used metaphorically without entering the domains of correspondence ? That ...
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... light which correspondences throw upon the attributes of God , may , with equal truth , but in a lower degree , be said of man . Man is the image of Deity ; hence in Scripture , men in spiritual bodies or angels are called " gods ...
... light which correspondences throw upon the attributes of God , may , with equal truth , but in a lower degree , be said of man . Man is the image of Deity ; hence in Scripture , men in spiritual bodies or angels are called " gods ...
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... light and clearness than any explanation of another can do . I must , therefore , leave the subject with you , only observing that you shall have a short letter on the symbolisms of the ancients as soon as I can find opportunity to ...
... light and clearness than any explanation of another can do . I must , therefore , leave the subject with you , only observing that you shall have a short letter on the symbolisms of the ancients as soon as I can find opportunity to ...
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Page 421 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 468 - Therefore, whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light ; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Page 407 - Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting endeavour in continual motion; To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, Obedience: for so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
Page 43 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Page 211 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 221 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 266 - When winds are blowing strong. The traveller slaked His thirst from rill or gushing fount, and thanked The Naiad. Sunbeams, upon distant hills Gliding apace, with shadows in their train, Might, with small help from fancy, be transformed Into fleet Oreads sporting visibly. The Zephyrs fanning, as they passed, their wings, Lacked not, for love, fair objects whom they wooed With gentle whisper. Withered boughs grotesque, Stripped of their leaves and twigs by hoary age, From depth of shaggy covert peeping...
Page 472 - But, oh ! the exceeding grace Of Highest God, that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace ; That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe...
Page 112 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 440 - For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease : and there is no soundness in my flesh.