...the Psalmist, ' When he ascended upon high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men : now, he that descended, is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things/ From thenceforth, therefore, ' we have' (as the text expresses it) '...

...received gifts foi men : yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them."§ •• He that descended, is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. And he gave some, apostles : and some, prophets ; and some, evangelists...

...what is it, but that He G 2 also descended first into the lower parts of the earth." —Eph. iv. 9. " He that descended, is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things."—Eph. iv. 10. " What! and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up...

...speaks of gifts from ver. 7, repeats the same thing, ver. 8, 10 ; where St. Paul also says, that " He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that (there receiving the fulness of power) He might fill all things (or all His members) with the...

...Who hath blessed our souls with all spiritual knowledges in Christ's moral doctrine. 4. 10. The soul that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all spiritual knowledges, that he might fill all creatures (with the knowledge of the truth). 6. 9. Knowing...

...Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now, that he ascended, what is it but that he also...same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists...

...Wherefore he saith, when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also...same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some, apostles ; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;...

...almighty and munificent dispenser of that grace. In him we have " one chosen out of the people ;" for " that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended...same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.'' This, brethren, is the ground of all our hope as to the exertions...

...be stupid, could drop the clue to the allegory put into his hand by such passages as (Eph. iv. 9), " Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also...He that descended is the same also that ascended?" This descent into the lower parts of the earth, will apply to no sense of the actual burial of a man...

...high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that lie also descended first into the lower parts of the earth...same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some Apostles, and some Prophets, and some Evangelists,...