| Samuel W. Lynd - 1834 - 358 pages
...no more control The sacred pleasures of the soul.' " His impressive illustration of the passage, " Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also...descended first into the lower parts of the earth," will recur to the recollection of many readers. " Before our Redeemer could ascend into glory it was... | |
| 1834 - 406 pages
...Wherefore he satth, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth 1 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above alj heavens, that he might' fill... | |
| Apologetics - 1834 - 640 pages
...Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first unto the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all... | |
| Episcopal Church - Bible - 1835 - 406 pages
...Wherefore he Baith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth 1 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all... | |
| Christian life - 1835 - 428 pages
...and righteousness. " When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also...descended first into the lower parts of the earth," meaning no doubt the blessed virgin's womb, to receive and enter human nature, see Ps. xl. llev. xiii.... | |
| Samuel Hanson Cox - Church group work - 1835 - 210 pages
...commentary of Paul on the quotation. Now, that he ascended, what is it, what does it obviously import, but that he also descended, first, into the lower parts of the earth ? He adds, He that did both actions in their order, is the same personage, the same King of glory ; He that... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1836 - 1062 pages
...glorious ascension of Christ after his resurrection from the dead. The * Jt There are various offices 9 * Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of ? AM cir. 4066. AD cir. 61. A UC 813. An. Imp. Neronis prophets ; and some, ' evangelists ; and some,... | |
| Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 630 pages
...ascended iip on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. See Psalm Ixviii. 18. IV. 9. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? Now, in that David says, that Christ ascended, what doth it imply, but that he had before descended,... | |
| Joseph Hall - Brownists - 1837 - 624 pages
...lowest part of the world, and from the surface of the earth, into the bowels thereof, the grave ? IV. 9. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? IV. 10. He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might... | |
| George Ayliffe Poole - 1837 - 414 pages
...when he mentions the same ascent of which Christ himself spake, adding also the previous descent, " Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first ?" Christ then existed, and that in heaven, before his birth or conception of the Virgin Mary. But... | |
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