Parable Of The Rich Man And Lazarus (1833) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LECTURE II. LUKE xvi. 31. " If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead. In illustrating the account given of the rich man and Lazarus; considering it, as it appears to have been commonly understood, as a literal relation of facts and circumstances concerning two individuals, we proceeded, in a former discourse, fo mark the history given of each of them, to the close of their earthly career. The passage tells us they both died. But this is not all. It represents them both as still existing, though in a different state, and in very different circumstances. These we are now to consider. And first, the disposition that was made of the beggar, at, or subsequently to, his death. " It came to pass,?says the account,?that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom." It would be difficult, we think, to reconcile the statements here given, with the idea that the whole account is not to be understood as a parabolical representation or allegory, rather than as a statement of facts and actual occurrences. What are we to understand by the phrase " Abraham's bosom," into which the beggar is said to have been carried? And what, by his being carried there by the angels'? We know the common opinion of the meaning of this description is, that the beggar died a natural death, and that his immortal soul immediately ascended to heaven?being conveyed, or conducted thither by invisible beings called angels,?one part of whose office is supposed to be, to attend upon the righteous, as ministers and guardians, during their lives upon earth, and at the moment of death, to convey their souls to a place of immortal rest and felicity, in the invisible world. And this opinion is probably founded upon this particula...

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Imprint:	Kessinger Publishing Co
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	October 2009
Authors:	Menzies Rayner
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	194
ISBN-13:	978-1-120-33551-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General
LSN:	1-120-33551-5
Barcode:	9781120335517

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