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Passages similar to: Book of Enoch — Chapter XCIII
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Jewish Apocrypha
Book of Enoch
Chapter XCIII (93:14)
Or is there any one who could discern the length of the heaven and how great is its height, and upon what it is founded, and how great is the number of the stars, and where all the luminaries rest?]
Christian Mysticism
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (4)
Some naturalists [scientists] or artists have undertaken to measure that height and distance, and have produced many strange and monstrous devices....
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Christian Mysticism
Chapter 12: Of the Nativity and Proceeding forth or Descent of the Holy Angels, as also of their Government, Order, and Heavenly joyous Life. (164)
Which is a very great Mystery, and has been also kept secret from all men since the beginning of the world till now: which I will demonstrate and...
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Christian Mysticism
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (47)
Thus thou hast a real description of heaven: And though perhaps thou canst not in thy reason conceive it, yet I can very well conceive it; therefore...
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Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (26)
For the true heaven is everywhere, even in that very place where thou standest and goest, and so when thy spirit apprehendeth the innermost birth or g...
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Christian Mysticism
Chapter 3: Of the most blessed Triumphing, Holy, Holy, Holy Trinity, GOD the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, ONE only God. (42)
Consider heaven, which is a round globe, having neither beginning nor end, for its beginning and end are everywhere, which way soever you look upon...
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Chapter 11: Of the Seventh Qualifying or Fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (116)
This, as is mentioned above, is that fair, bright and holy heaven, which is thus in the total Deity, and which has neither beginning nor end, whither...
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The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 6: Of the Separation in the Creation, in the third Principle. (14)
God made a Firmament between the Waters, and separated the Waters beneath the Firmament from the Waters above the Firmament, and the Firmament he call...
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Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (24)
If thou fixest thy thoughts concerning heaven, and wouldst fain conceive in the mind what it is, and where it is, and how it is, thou needest not to...
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Christian Mysticism
Chapter 12: Of the Nativity and Proceeding forth or Descent of the Holy Angels, as also of their Government, Order, and Heavenly joyous Life. (70)
This is the true being of God in heaven, yea heaven itself: If thy eyes were opened, thou wouldst see it plainly and clearly on earth, in that place...
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Christian Mysticism
Chapter 3: Of the most blessed Triumphing, Holy, Holy, Holy Trinity, GOD the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, ONE only God. (14)
When we behold heaven and the stars, then we behold his eternal power and wisdom: So many stars stand in the whole heaven that they are innumerable...
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Christian Mysticism
Chapter 12: Of the Nativity and Proceeding forth or Descent of the Holy Angels, as also of their Government, Order, and Heavenly joyous Life. (167)
Thus also is the change and alteration of heaven into many several colours and forms, but not in such a manner and kind as in this world, but all...
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Chapter 4: Of the creation of the Holy Angels. An Instruction or open Gate of Heaven. (40)
Further, if thou wilt consider the heavenly divine pomp, state and glory, and conceive how it is, and what manner of sprouting, branching, delight...
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Christian Mysticism
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (77)
Thou needest not to ask where that heaven is. It is in thy heart, do but open thy heart, the key is here shewn to thee.
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The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 7: Of the Heaven and its eternal Birth and Essence, and how the four Elements are generated; wherein the eternal Band may be the more and the better understood, by meditating and considering the material World. The great Depth. (19)
The true Heaven, wherein God dwells, is all over, in all Places [or Corners,] even in the Midst [or Center] of the Earth. He comprehends the Hell...
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Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (3)
Men have always been of the opinion that heaven is many hundred, nay, many thousand miles distant from the face of the earth, and that God dwelleth...
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Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (32)
Therefore the upper heaven closeth itself so far in its outermost birth or geniture, and reacheth so far as the wrath of God reacheth, and so far as t...
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Christian Mysticism
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (29)
But that the place of this world is not called heaven, and that there is a firmament or fast enclosure between the upper heaven above us, has this und...
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Christian Mysticism
Chapter 25: Of the whole Body of the Stars and of their Birth or Geniture; that is, the whole Astrology, or the whole Body of this World. (22)
But the true heaven is everywhere all over, to this very time, and till the Last Judgment Day; and the wrath-house of hell and of death is also in thi...
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Christian Mysticism
Chapter 12: Of the Nativity and Proceeding forth or Descent of the Holy Angels, as also of their Government, Order, and Heavenly joyous Life. (153)
Also I have not gone up to heaven, and beheld it with my fleshly eyes, much less has any told it me; for though an angel should come and tell it me,...
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Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (1)
THE true heaven, which is our own proper human heaven, into which the soul goeth when it parteth from the body, and into which Christ our King is...
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