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agnosticism animal appearance ascent associated becomes beginning broken child childhood Christ Christendom Christian civilisation complete conscious consubstantial contradiction cosmic creation creative cycle darkness death deeper descent destiny disclosed divine dream earth earthly embodiment essential eternal evil existence expression faith fallibil falling Father flame forever fountain genetic glory habit harmony heart heaven heavenly Hebrew HENRY MILLS ALDEN Heracles hidden human illusions imagination incarnation inorganic intimate invisible involution involved Jerusalem kingdom kingdom of heaven kinship lifted light limitations living Lord manifestation masque meaning ment moral motion movement mystery mystical native natural natural selection ness nursling organic outward pagan Pantheism Pharisees physiological potency potential energy primitive principle prodigal progress prophets psychical reaction reality regard resurrection Sadducees seems seen sense sensibility Sheol sion sleep social specialisation spiritual structure things thought tical tion transcending transformation trope truth universe unseen veils vision vital wholly
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Page 12 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Page 41 - God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Page 225 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, And as a root out of a dry ground. He hath no form nor comeliness; And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 243 - Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
Page 202 - My substance, was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes, did see my substance, yet being imperfect ; and, in thy book, all my members, were written, which, in continuance, were fashioned, when, as yet, there was none of them.
Page 201 - A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away...
Page 263 - 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 90 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
Page 260 - SING, O barren, thou that didst not bear; Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child : For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.
Page 299 - The Son of man is come eating and drinking ; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners ! 35 But Wisdom is justified of all her children.