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Page vi
... says , " All visible things are emblems . What thou seest is not there on its own account ; matter only exists to represent some idea and body it forth . " Arch- bishop Trench in his book on Parables thus writes , " Analogies assist to ...
... says , " All visible things are emblems . What thou seest is not there on its own account ; matter only exists to represent some idea and body it forth . " Arch- bishop Trench in his book on Parables thus writes , " Analogies assist to ...
Page ix
... says , " Parables are not forced illustrations , but rather mirrors of spiritual things . Heaven and earth are the work of one God . All natural effects hold on to their spiritual causes , and their spiritual causes hold on to them ...
... says , " Parables are not forced illustrations , but rather mirrors of spiritual things . Heaven and earth are the work of one God . All natural effects hold on to their spiritual causes , and their spiritual causes hold on to them ...
Page x
... says , " By degrees we may come to know the primitive sense of the perma- nent objects of Nature , so that the world shall be to us an open book , and every form significant The following of its hidden life and final cause . " pages ...
... says , " By degrees we may come to know the primitive sense of the perma- nent objects of Nature , so that the world shall be to us an open book , and every form significant The following of its hidden life and final cause . " pages ...
Page xvi
... say , that whoever will appropriate and use the key here provided , may proceed to unlock the hidden treasures of creation , and make himself the happy possessor of great mental pleasures and enduring moral wealth . And if he be an ...
... say , that whoever will appropriate and use the key here provided , may proceed to unlock the hidden treasures of creation , and make himself the happy possessor of great mental pleasures and enduring moral wealth . And if he be an ...
Page xvi
... say , that whoever will appropriate and use the key here provided , may proceed to unlock the hidden treasures of creation , and make himself the happy possessor of great mental pleasures and enduring moral wealth . And if he be an ...
... say , that whoever will appropriate and use the key here provided , may proceed to unlock the hidden treasures of creation , and make himself the happy possessor of great mental pleasures and enduring moral wealth . And if he be an ...
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