An Essay on the Identity and General Resurrection of the Human Body: In which the Evidences in Favour of These Important Subjects are Considered, in Relation Both to Philosophy and ScriptureThomas Kirk, 1811 - 439 pages |
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... question has repeatedly been asked , - " What circumstances led to so unlikely an association ? " The replies which this question naturally produced , duced several of my friends , in whose judgments el a strong confidence , and to ...
... question has repeatedly been asked , - " What circumstances led to so unlikely an association ? " The replies which this question naturally produced , duced several of my friends , in whose judgments el a strong confidence , and to ...
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... question of the most serious importance , whether this body shall rise again or not ? To inquire into this ... questions which I propose to discuss in the follow- ing sheets , and which will occasionally become the subjects of ...
... question of the most serious importance , whether this body shall rise again or not ? To inquire into this ... questions which I propose to discuss in the follow- ing sheets , and which will occasionally become the subjects of ...
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... question , which has employed the pens of many writers , and has been productive of a multitude of conjectures . And , indeed , in cases where we are left without decisive evidence , conjecture and probability must become our only ...
... question , which has employed the pens of many writers , and has been productive of a multitude of conjectures . And , indeed , in cases where we are left without decisive evidence , conjecture and probability must become our only ...
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... question remaining , into which we must now inquire . It is expressly called , in the language of Moses the tree of life , which name could not have been given to it , unless it were endued with a life - giving quality . Now certain it ...
... question remaining , into which we must now inquire . It is expressly called , in the language of Moses the tree of life , which name could not have been given to it , unless it were endued with a life - giving quality . Now certain it ...
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... question , and this illustrative argument will prove , that while the power of adhesion con- tinues perfect and entire , though the particles of which it was composed , may have distinct tenden- cies to depart to their respective ...
... question , and this illustrative argument will prove , that while the power of adhesion con- tinues perfect and entire , though the particles of which it was composed , may have distinct tenden- cies to depart to their respective ...
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Page 403 - 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 408 - 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 403 - 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 433 - 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 LOUD hath spoken it.
Page 410 - 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 404 - Christ not risen; 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. Then they also, which are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished.
Page 411 - 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 366 - 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.
Page 203 - How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die...
Page 405 - But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. 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.