 | George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pages
...Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now, that he ascended, what is it but that he also...descended first into the lower parts of the earth 1 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1825 - 362 pages
...church, but submission and praise. " Unto every one of us," says Paul to the Ephesians, " is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ....Wherefore, he saith, when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men And he gave some, apostles ; and some, prophets ; and... | |
 | Hades - 1825 - 260 pages
...20th Sermon, Vol. II. P. 160, viz. the 9th verse of the ivth Chap. of theEpist: to the Ephesians. " Now that He. ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ?" The learned prelate thus comments on the latter words of the verse, " Nevertheless, the lower parts... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 578 pages
...the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.' Applied unto the Son, Eph. iv. 8. ' Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he...that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.' Psalm ex. 1. ' The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand.' Applied unto... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 548 pages
...— 10. ' Wherefore he saith, when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts to men ; now that he ascended, what is it, but that he...parts of the earth ; he that descended is the same that ascended.' Grotius on both these places says; that what is properly spoken of God, is by Paul... | |
 | Thomas Charles Boone - 1826 - 598 pages
...church, but submission and praise. ' Unto every one of us,' says St. Paul to the Ephesians, ' is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ....Wherefore he saith, when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets ; and... | |
 | 1841 - 472 pages
...design in the existence of the church. We read (ver. 7 and 8), " But unto every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ....Wherefore he saith, when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men." "The perfecting of the saints," is the first thing... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 640 pages
...taken, and the provision that he hath made ; namely, Eph. iv. 7 — 16. ' Unto every of us is given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ....Wherefore he saith When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. And he gave some apostles, some prophets, and some... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 676 pages
...There was a power acquired by Christ for this great donation, which the apostle declares, ver. 9. ' Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also...descended. first into the lower parts of the earth.' Having mentioned the ascension of Christ as the immediate cause or fountain of the communication of... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ....that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. And he gave some, apostles, and some, prophets, and some, evangelists, and some, pastors... | |
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Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. 
