Arcana Coelestia: The Heavenly Arcana Contained in the Holy Scriptures Or Word of the Lord Unfolded Beginning with the Book of Genesis Together with Wonderful Things Seen in the World of Spirits and in the Heaven of Angels. Translated from the Latin ..., Volume 1American Swedenborg printing and Pub. society, 1873 - Bible |
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... Hence it is evident that such as are in love are also in faith , and thereby in the possession of celestial life ; but it is otherwise with those who say they are in faith , and are not in the life of love . The life of faith without ...
... Hence it is evident that such as are in love are also in faith , and thereby in the possession of celestial life ; but it is otherwise with those who say they are in faith , and are not in the life of love . The life of faith without ...
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... hence there is warfare ; but when he becomes celestial , then the external man begins to comply with and serve the internal , wherefore the combat ceases , and hence arises tran- quillity , see n . 87. This tranquillity is signified by ...
... hence there is warfare ; but when he becomes celestial , then the external man begins to comply with and serve the internal , wherefore the combat ceases , and hence arises tran- quillity , see n . 87. This tranquillity is signified by ...
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... Hence it may be known , why no one can be ad- mitted into heaven , unless he possesses some degree of inno- cence , agreeably to what the Lord has said : " Suffer the little children to come unto me , and forbid them not , for of such ...
... Hence it may be known , why no one can be ad- mitted into heaven , unless he possesses some degree of inno- cence , agreeably to what the Lord has said : " Suffer the little children to come unto me , and forbid them not , for of such ...
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... Hence also reasonings concerning the mysteries of faith , founded on the evidence of the senses , were spoken of by them as the poison of a serpent , and the reasoners themselves as serpents ; and because such reasoners argue much from ...
... Hence also reasonings concerning the mysteries of faith , founded on the evidence of the senses , were spoken of by them as the poison of a serpent , and the reasoners themselves as serpents ; and because such reasoners argue much from ...
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... Hence they become altogether evil and false , and thus see all things so perversely as to regard evil as good , and good as evil ; falses as truths , and truths as falses ; realities as nothing , and nothing as every thing . They call ...
... Hence they become altogether evil and false , and thus see all things so perversely as to regard evil as good , and good as evil ; falses as truths , and truths as falses ; realities as nothing , and nothing as every thing . They call ...
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Page 130 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 146 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them ; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 408 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Page 55 - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Page 453 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes ; for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left ; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Page 227 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Page 421 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
Page 11 - I am with you saith the LORD of hosts- According to the word that I covenanted with you, when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you, fear ye not. For thus saith the LORD of hosts, yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts, the silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of...
Page 10 - Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens and stretched them out ; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein...
Page 143 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, " Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.