| Louis Gaussen - 1860 - 324 pagina’s
...spirit;" the soul of man is also a spirit. Thus Solomon, speaking of man•s death, says that his body, " the dust, returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it" (Eccles. xii. 7). II. This image consists, in the second place, » in immortality. If man had not sinned... | |
| Edward Henry Bickersteth (bp. of Exeter.) - 1863 - 42 pagina’s
...his love, Gen. i. 26. Their separation one from the other is the result of man's sin, Gen. iii. 19 ; when " the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God, who gave it," Eccles. xii. 7. This is THE EE-IGN OF DEATH, in its earthly aspect, Rom. v. 1.4 ; the ghastly triumph... | |
| Thomas Disney BARLOW - 1863 - 272 pagina’s
...render to every man according to his deeds. And this retribution commences in that very day in which the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave, and who requires it. What saith the Holy Ghost ?—" It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of... | |
| Thomas Disney BARLOW - 1863 - 272 pagina’s
...render to every man according to his deeds. And this retribution commences in that very day in which the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave, and who requires it. What saith the Holy Ghost ? — " It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands... | |
| 1863 - 264 pagina’s
...bowl is broken, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel is broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns unto God who gave it." No ; it is not a strange dispensation. Death is the fellow of all that is earthly... | |
| Author of Thoughts on the Church catechism - 1863 - 320 pagina’s
...earth, and withdrawing its vitality into its hidden source. ' As the Saints fall asleep one by one, " the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns unto GOD that gave it." And these two miracles are ever working; the bodies of the Saints arc dying... | |
| François Samuel R. Louis Gaussen - 1864 - 300 pagina’s
...spirit ;" the soul of man is also a spirit. Thus Solomon, speaking of man's death, says that his body, " the dust, returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it" (Eccles. xii. 7). II. This image consists, in the second place, in immortality. If man had not sinned... | |
| 1864 - 402 pagina’s
...this declaration is founded upon the scriptural expression concerning the death of every man, that " dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it (Eccles. xii. 7) ; not necessarily to eternal life, — ie to a state of blessedness, — but to His... | |
| Ichabod Smith Spencer - 1864 - 492 pagina’s
...activity, and bloom, and beauty, and gracefulness, a little while ago, becomes a cold and ghastly corse; the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God that gave it. It may be, indeed, " Not there to dwell, But hear its doom and sink to hell" But it is... | |
| Josiah Parsons Cooke (Jr.) - 1864 - 372 pagina’s
...; and when its short term is ended, and the builders cease because they are wearied and few, then " the dust returns to the earth as it was, and " the spirit returns unto God who gave it." But let us not sorrow as those who have no hope ; " for we know that if our... | |
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