The Christian Religion: Illustrated and Proved by Scripture Testimony, As Foretold by Moses and the Prophets, and Further Illustrated by Jesus and His Apostles, Saying, Blessed Are They That Do His Commandments, That They May Have Right to the Tree of LiExcerpt from The Christian Religion: Illustrated and Proved by Scripture Testimony, as Foretold by Moses and the Prophets, and Further Illustrated by Jesus and His Apostles, Saying, "Blessed Are They That Do His Commandments, That They May Have Right to the Tree of Life, and May Enter in Thr Some people believe, that to live a spir itual life which will lead to heaven, is very difiicult, by reason that they have been told that man must renounce the world and the things of the World, which con_51st chiefly in riches and honors that they must' walk continually 111 plous meditation about d, about salvatlon, and about eternal life and that they must spend in reading the Word and other pious books. This they call renouncmg the world, and livmg ln the spirit and not in the flesh. But the case is altogether otherwise, for to the ihtent that man may rece1ve the life of heaven, it IS altogether necessary that be live ein the world, and 111 office and employ ment there, and that in such case by moral and civil life he recelve spiritual, and that spiritual life cannot otherw_: ise be formed with man, or his spirit prepared for heaven.. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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