 | Thomas Belsham - 1817 - 384 pages
...active persevering benevolence, it is unnecessary to remark. It speaks for itself. XIV. Ephes. iv. 9. " Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ?" " That is," says archbishop Newcome, " he descended into the grave." Psalm Ixiii. 9, " They that... | |
 | Sir Charles Abraham Elton - 1818 - 238 pages
...literally interpreted, for the purpose of identifying Christ with the Supreme God. So in Ephes. iv. 8, " Wherefore he saith, when he ascended up on high he...that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill [or fulfil] all things :) And he gf.ve some, apostles : and some, prophets : and some, evangelists."... | |
 | Samuel Chapman Loveland - 1818 - 244 pages
...they alluded not to the subject under consideration? What shall we think of the following passages ? "Now, that he. ascended; what is it but that he also...that ascended up far above all heavens that he might Jill all things," Ephe. iv. 9, 10. "And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from... | |
 | Samuel Chapman Loveland - 1818 - 250 pages
...to the subject under consideration ? What shall we think of the following passages ? "Now, that h,c ascended; what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ?" "Jfe that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens that he might fill all... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 550 pages
...apostle's citation from it, Ephes. iv. 7, 8. " 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 cap" tivity captive, and gave gifts unto men." The sixty-ninth Psalm is five times referred to... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1818 - 632 pages
...what is it, but that he descended first, into the lower purts of the earth. IL that descended is lhe same, also, that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things, and he,gnvc some Apostles, and some Prophets, &c. Here the Apostle informs us, that the person, who ascended... | |
 | William Barlass, Peter Wilson - 1818 - 688 pages
...for the good of his body, as the apostle declares, Ephes. iv. 10 — 13, " He ascended far above all heavens, that he might fill all things : and he gave some, apostles ; and some, prophets ; and some,evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints,... | |
 | 1818 - 424 pages
...cap t ¡ve, and gave gifts unto men (Now that he ascended, what i it but that he also descended firs into the lower parts of the earth He that descended is the sam< also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill al things.) And lie gave some... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1819 - 558 pages
...Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Ephes. iy. 7. UNTO every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith,...same also that ascended up far above all heavens. ST. PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES'S DAY. Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples.... | |
 | Elhanan Winchester - 1819 - 248 pages
...to his followers the gates of eternal life. "Wherefore he saith, When he ascended upon high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. — Now...of the earth ? He that descended, is the same also tsiat ascended up far above all heavens, that he might till all things," Eph. iv. 8, 9, 10. "And having... | |
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Wherefore he saith; when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 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... 
