...then, we must go to a higher source ; and we shall unquestionably find it in the sacred declaration that, " God breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul." ART. VI. Sermons on several Subjects,- with Notes, Critical, Historical, and...

...And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and man became a living soul." By which we understand that our souls are of noble extraction, and not formed of the earth as our bodies are ; and that they are...

...for the immortality of the soul. On the account of man's creation, in which it is said, (Gen. ii. 7) that " God breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul," he remarks, that in other passages, {eg, Gen. vii. 15, 22,) the "breath of life"...

...— one uniform submission to the law impressed on them at their creation. It was with this purpose that God " breathed " into man's nostrils the breath of life, and " man became a living soul." Consequently, together with animal existence, there must have been breathed...

...in their garden God repeating this creative process. When they come to the second chapter and read that "God breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul," she can explain to her children that this makes the difference between man and...

...life ;" thus, to " seek the life " of any one is, in the Hebrew, to seek his soul. But when it is said that " God breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul," which is not said respecting any other creature which God made, we can hardly...

...supported by Gen. 1 : 26, " God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness ; " by Gen. 2:7," God breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul ; " by Eccl. 12 : 7, " Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God...

...general health. • I must now refer to the manner of taking breath. In the story of Eden it is stated that God breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. This is the natural law. If we disobey natural law, we suffer punishment; "-what...

...by the incomplete ascendancy of the Logos over matter. But here the Old Testament doctrine comes in that God breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul. On the strength of this, Philo recognises the eternal element of the soul in...

...by the incomplete ascendancy of the Logos over matter. But here the Old Testament doctrine comes in that God breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul. On the strength of this, Philo recognises the eternal element of the soul in...