This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...to have taken place at the creation of the first Adam, --the dust of the earth being got ready to receive the Breath which made him a living soul. Then came the Breath. Into the structural unit already prepared, the Bisen Lord, on the evening of His Besurrection, The Church Christ's Body. 213 breathed His own ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...to have taken place at the creation of the first Adam, --the dust of the earth being got ready to receive the Breath which made him a living soul. Then came the Breath. Into the structural unit already prepared, the Bisen Lord, on the evening of His Besurrection, The Church Christ's Body. 213 breathed His own incorruptible life and made it a Church. The gift was not yet that full gift which He was afterwards to give--not "the Holy Spirit," but "Holy Spirit"--a gift similar to that which is still bestowed in Baptism, --the gift of new life (S. John xx. 22). There is a gradation in the gifts of God: first life, afterwards, that for which life is worth having. This first gift, Jesus was already competent by His victory over death to bestow. The second, as we have already said, He gained by His Ascension. Then, upon the new-born but still infant Church, He poured forth all at once the indwelling Spirit with His mature gifts of power, of holiness, of conscious knowledge, and of world-convincing utterance. 9. When the Church is described in Scripture as a Body, and the Body of Christ, the description is more than a metaphor. It is not a case of mere analogy. The Church stands to Jesus Christ in the same relation as a man's body does to his personal self. Of course there are differences in the mode of connexion, which it would be easy to point out; but the connexion is as close and vital as in the case of the natural body. It does not fully explain the phrase to say, that the Church is as dependent upon Christ, as a body upon connexion with its head. As in the animal organism, the relation is not one-sided only; it is reciprocal. Connexion with the Church affects Christ's life as well as hers. Though of course He is not in any way dependen...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. 8vo, red cloth binding, gilt lettering on backstrip, blind-stamping on front board, stain on front board, fading backstrip, edgewear, bumped edges, pages are clear, text is clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Octavo, dark blue cloth binding, gilt lettering on backstrip, some pencil markings, age toned, text clean Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Clean text; age toned; ligfht foxing; edges worn; gilt text on spine; blind stamping; spine splitting; binding loose; Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN:
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New edition. Binding slightly loose. Page edges uncut and spotted. Cover worn. Backstrip edgeworn with scuffed ends and gilt title detail. Hardback, Ex-Library, with usual stamps markings, in fair to good all-round condition, no dust jacket, 429pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN:
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Good. No dust jacket. Good clean copy, binding secure; corners rounded; wear on top and bottom of spine; spotting inside front and back covers; corner of front endpaper torn off. 429 p. Includes index.
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429p; 20p advertisements. A dark blue cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine faintly stained and edges lightly rubbed. Previous owners' private library stamps and signature on endpapers and title page. Scattered foxing and marginalia, but most pages clean. Binding secure. An Anglican manual of Christian beliefs.