 | 1803 - 498 pages
...and what animating prof pccts, were enjoyed by the apoftle when he could declare, as in z Cor. v. " For we know that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle were diflblved, we have a building of Godi an houfe not made with hands eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earneftly defiring... | |
 | 1802 - 502 pages
...and have his converfation in heaven while he dwelleth on the earth. The genuine Chriftian " lookcth not at the things which are feen, but at the things which arc not feen." The doctrines of Chriftianity uniformly teach, that the honor of God and the beft good... | |
 | Hannah More - Education - 1801 - 488 pages
...difcern many things which could not ' be feen by the natural fight. Above the cloud was this infcription, The things which are feen are temporal, but the things which are not feen are eternal. Of thefe laft things many glorious defcriptions had been given ; but as thofe fplendors were at a diftance,... | |
 | English literature - 1801 - 430 pages
...many things which could not be feen By the, natural fight. Above the cloud was this infcription, " The things which are feen are temporal, but the things which are not feen are eternal. Of thefelaft many glorious defcriptions had been given, but as thofe fplendors were at a diftance,... | |
 | John Evans - Christian life - 1801 - 404 pages
...fight. And fo they are' exprefsly called more than once in' die New Teftament, a- Cor. iv. 18. " We took not at the things which are feen, but at the things which are not feen." Aitd Heb. xL t. " Faith is the evidence of things not feen." By this reprefentation of the things which... | |
 | Peter Immens - Lord's Supper - 1801 - 596 pages
...faith, thou wilt find thy heart more weaned from things of time and fenfe, and difpofed not to look at the things which are feen, but at the things which are not fan ; for the things which are feen are temporal, but the things -which are not feen are eternal, 2... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1801 - 540 pages
...perfeft way. - . 195 SERMON X. On the Immortality of the Soul, and a future State. 2 CORINTHIANS, vi For we know, that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle were dijjbhed, we have a building of God, an houfe not made with hands t eternal in the heavens. Page 219... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1802 - 502 pages
...O, how inconceivably miferable our cafe ! But if prepared, how inconceivably happy ! Look not then at the things which are feen, but at the things which are not f sen ; for the things which arefeen are temporal: but the things which are notfeen are eternal. SERMON... | |
 | James Fisher - Meditations - 1803 - 364 pages
...fpiritual joys and comforts, far more precious to the foul than honey, or the honey-comb: while they look not at the things which are feen, but at the...temporal, but the things which are not feen are eternal, 2 Cor. iv. 18. All the fpring and fummer feafon, bees delight and are bulled in ranfacking flowers... | |
 | Herman Witsius - Covenant theology - 1803 - 486 pages
...into heavenly joji, but alfo into heavenly wan/ions. The Apoftle aflures us of this, 2 Cor. vi '•' For we know, that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle were diflblved, we have a building of God, an houie not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." He affigns a twofold receptacle for the foul ;... | |
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For our light affli&ion, which is but for a moment worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory ; (here this author admits eternal in the ftri
