 | 1815 - 604 pages
...anguish. from the dead?' 'Nov. ," says this same apostle in another place, speaking of Christ, 'that l> ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower part* of the earth.'' Suppose then we grant that most of the passages on the subject, describe the... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1816 - 580 pages
...in you all. 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...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... | |
 | William Paley - 1816 - 396 pages
...captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first unto the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is...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 those... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...When " he ascended up on high, he led «* captivity captive, and gave gifts 9. " unto men." (Now (b)> that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the i o. lower parts of the earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 616 pages
...highest heaven, or 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 aerial heaven... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
