The Visions of John Bunyan: Being His Last Remains, Giving an Account of the Glories of Heaven, and of the Terrors of Hell, in the World to ComeD. Barnes, 1829 - 180 Seiten |
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Seite 108 - But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Seite 165 - But timorous mortals start and shrink To cross this narrow sea, And linger shivering on the brink, And fear to launch away.
Seite 100 - And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces and worshipped God, saying, Amen, blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever, Amen.
Seite 24 - To me belongs all actual and all possible good, all created and uncreated beauty, all that eye hath seen or imagination conceived ; and more than that, for eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive what God hath prepared for them that love Him.
Seite 127 - Why had I reason given me? Why was I made with an immortal soul and yet should take so little care of it? Oh, how my own neglect stings me to death, and yet I know I cannot, I must not die ! But live a dying life, worse than ten thousand deaths ; and yet I might once have helped all this, and would not! Oh, that is the gnawing worm that never dies!
Seite 165 - Reveals a heaven to come ; The beams of glory in his word Allure and guide us home. 3 Pure are the joys above the sky, And all the region peace ; No wanton lips nor envious eye, Can see or taste the bliss. 4 Those holy gates for ever bar Pollution, sin, and shame; None shall obtain admittance there, But followers of the Lamb.
Seite 57 - ... the four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Seite 103 - Thus they got over. Now, upon the bank of the river, on the other side, they saw the two shining men again, who there waited for them. Wherefore, being come out of the river, they saluted them, saying, " We are ministering spirits sent forth to minister to those that shall be heirs of salvation.
Seite 79 - ... in the best men on earth, some blemishes that render them less amiable when discovered. Here their graces are mixed with infirmities, and but ascending to glory. Accordingly our love to them must be regular, and serene, not clouded with error, mistaking defects for amiable qualities. But in heaven, the image of God is complete by the union of all the glorious virtues requisite to its perfection. Every saint there exactly agrees with the first exemplar, a divine beauty shines in them ever durable,...