 | 1831 - 854 pages
...[or, a multitude of captives] captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it hut that he also descended first into the lower parts...that descended is the same also that ascended up far ahove all heavens, that he might fill [or, fulfil] all things.) And he gave some, apostles ; and some,... | |
 | 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 that he ascended, what is it but lhat he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended, is the same also... | |
 | 1829 - 828 pages
...EPHESIANS iv. 9, 10. Now that he ascended, n'hat is it but that he also descended first into the loner parts of the earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. IN requiring her members to consider, at stated... | |
 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 484 pages
...having been there before hi.s ascent thither from earth ; for, us the Apostle asserts (Eph. v. 9), In that he ascended, what is it, but that he also descended first ? Adam was formed immediately by God, without the intervention of human parents ; and yet he is so... | |
 | Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 pages
...25. xi. 25, 26. Rom. xiv. 9. Col. i. 19, 20. Nowell, p. 52. He descended into hell. Apost. Creed. • Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also...that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. Eph. iv. 9, 10. By which he went and preached unto the spirits in prison. 1 Pet. hi.... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 546 pages
...of Christ, that his soul was notdeft in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. Eph. iv. 9, 10. Now, that he ascended, what is it but that he also...that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. Heb. ii. 14. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also... | |
 | David Brainerd - 1822 - 528 pages
...— This place is the heaven of heavens : a place beyond all the visible heavens. Eph. iv. 9. 10. " Now that he ascended, what is it, but that he also...same also that ascended up far above all heavens." This is the same which the Apostle calls the third heaven, 2 Cor. xii. 2; reckoning the nerial heaven... | |
 | John Fry - 1822 - 568 pages
...distant worlds above — to the heaven of heavens, to sit at the right hand of God. " Now, he that ascended, what is it but that he also descended first...that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things ? " * Compare with this the following oracles already considered : — " God rideth... | |
 | William Paley - 1822 - 282 pages
...captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Nowthatheascewrftv/, what is it but that he also descended first unto the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended is...might fill all things.) And he gave some, apostles," &c. The other appears, chap. v. 12 — 15, at the word light : " For it is a shame even to speak of... | |
 | 1822 - 412 pages
...chapter of St. Paul's epistle to the Ephesians we also find a proof of Christ's descent into hell. " Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also...descended first into the lower parts of the earth." We do not say that the lower parts of the earth always signify hades, for we have instances to the... | |
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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... 
