 | 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1822 - 816 pages
...high he led captivity captive : he gave gilts to men." Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended, is the same also (hat ascended above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. And he gave some apostles, and... | |
 | 1824 - 920 pages
...and gave giflt unto men. Rout that he ascended, tchal is it but that lie also descended first int'i the lower parts of the. earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far a/tore all fu'avens, that he might ßll all tilings." The second is Coloss. ii. 15; " And having spoiled... | |
 | Benjamin Allen - 1822 - 138 pages
...blessed them, he was parted from them and carried up into Heaven.* He that descended," says Paul, " is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things."! His Divinity had always been in Heaven, as well as upon earth, pervading at all... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1822 - 444 pages
...according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended upon high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is il but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth г Не that descended is the... | |
 | John Pearson (bp. of Chester.) - 1822 - 576 pages
...from heaven doth really presuppose his being there, and that antecedently to any ascent thither; for "that he ascended, what is it, but that he also 'descended first?" Eph. iv. 9. So St. Paul, asserting a descent as necessarily preceding his ascension, teacheth us never... | |
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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... 
