An Essay on the identity and general resurrection of the human body, etcR. Edwards, 1809 - 439 pages |
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... preservation , he alone should witness its disgrace . arose . But here an unforeseen and unpleasant difficulty Preparatory to his inspection of it , I pro- ceeded to give the whole a cool and dispassionate perusal , that in one view I ...
... preservation , he alone should witness its disgrace . arose . But here an unforeseen and unpleasant difficulty Preparatory to his inspection of it , I pro- ceeded to give the whole a cool and dispassionate perusal , that in one view I ...
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... preserve them from dissolution and decay . But when his creatures change their stations through the mutability of their natures , they change their relation to God ; and a change in their condition must be the necessary result of their ...
... preserve them from dissolution and decay . But when his creatures change their stations through the mutability of their natures , they change their relation to God ; and a change in their condition must be the necessary result of their ...
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... preserve those who were dependent upon him , so , by the same immutability of his nature , God was bound to withdraw his protection from them , when they departed from that station in which his good- ness had placed them , and engaged ...
... preserve those who were dependent upon him , so , by the same immutability of his nature , God was bound to withdraw his protection from them , when they departed from that station in which his good- ness had placed them , and engaged ...
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... preserve the con- nection between them , as much so as if we were to suppose them to be more nearly related to those of our own . Whether , therefore , we suppose the body of Adam to be volatile or gross , to be trans- parent or opaque ...
... preserve the con- nection between them , as much so as if we were to suppose them to be more nearly related to those of our own . Whether , therefore , we suppose the body of Adam to be volatile or gross , to be trans- parent or opaque ...
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... preservation of his being . And since he possessed those appetites and faculties , which were calculated to perform all the functions of animal life , I can discover nothing which could mark the nature of his body , as being distinct ...
... preservation of his being . And since he possessed those appetites and faculties , which were calculated to perform all the functions of animal life , I can discover nothing which could mark the nature of his body , as being distinct ...
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Page 405 - Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead...
Page 406 - And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God : because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised. And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, ye are yet in your sins.
Page 405 - Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 410 - Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die, "And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Page 435 - He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 407 - For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order; Christ the first fruits; afterwards they that are Christ's at his coming.
Page 412 - All flesh is not the same flesh ; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes and another of birds.
Page 413 - There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
Page 108 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Page 368 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust, for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.