 | Asia - 1817 - 678 pages
...lowest condition of this life is consoled with the declaration of his Saviour that, Matt. xxii. 30, In the resurrection they will neither marry, nor be given in marriage, but will be as angels of God in Heaven:" and, quoting Isaiah Ixiv. 4, " Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,' neither... | |
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1824 - 454 pages
...drink at his table, Luke, xxii. 29. But then these descriptions have none of those puerile imaginations which reign throughout that of Mohammed, much less...Arabians, chose rather to imitate the indecency of the Magians, than the modesty of the Christians, in this particular." — Sale's Prelim. Disc. p. 101.... | |
 | 1825 - 538 pages
...one passage of Irenaeus, wherein he introducesa tradition of St. John, that our Lord should say. The much less any the most distant intimation of sensual...marriage, but will be as the angels of GOD in heaven b. Mohammed, however, to enhance the value of paradise with his A rabians, chose rather to imitate... | |
 | Joseph Nightingale - Religions - 1835 - 806 pages
...have/our wivej, and as many concubines !is he can maintain. Again, our Saviour expressly telk us, that at the resurrection, " They will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but be like the angels of God in heaven." We are informed also by St. Paul, that " we shall be changed,... | |
 | Giovanni Battista Pagani - End of the world - 1855 - 384 pages
...woman, no use of food or drink; and, lastly, no gratification of carnal lust; as where our Lord says : ' In the resurrection they will neither marry nor be given in marriage -' and St. Paul, ' The kingdom of God is neither meat nor drink.' " 1 Now these words must greatly... | |
 | George Sale - 1856 - 692 pages
...shall eat and drink at his table.7 But then these descriptions have none of those puerile imaginations' which reign throughout that of Mohammed, 'much less...Arabians, chose rather to imitate the indecency of the Magians than the modesty of the Christians in this particular, and lest his beatified Moslems should... | |
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1861 - 356 pages
...drink at his table, Luke xxii. 29. But then these descriptions have none of those puerile imaginations which reign throughout that of Mohammed, much less...given in marriage, but will be as the angels of God in It is not extraordinary that we should find these absurdities in a human composition. It would be more... | |
 | Alexander Roberts, Sir James Donaldson - Christian literature, Early - 1870 - 554 pages
...with whom we are destined to rise, to render an account the one of the other. "But if ' in that age they will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but will be equal to angels,' * is not the fact that there will be no restitution of the conjugal relation a reason... | |
 | Tertullian - Christian literature, Early - 1870 - 552 pages
...with whom we are destined to rise, to render an account the one of the other. " But if ' in that age they will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but will be equal to angels,' * is not the fact that there will be no restitution of the conjugal relation a reason... | |
 | Alexander Roberts, Sir James Donaldson - Christian literature, Early - 1870 - 558 pages
...with whom we are destined to rise, to render an account the one of the other. " But if ' in that age they will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but will be equal to angels,' l is not the fact that there will be no restitution of the conjugal relation a reason... | |
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Mohammed, much less any the most distant intimation of sensual delights, which he was so fond of; on the contrary, we are expressly assured, that "in the resurrection they will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but will be as the angels of God in... 
