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Rh And 1st,—Let us take good heed, lest we confound the of, with the body of a Spirit or of an Angel;—for there is this essential difference between them—that the  is the —infinitely exalted, therefore, above all the Angelic orders;—because the body of a Spirit, or of an Angel, is but a receiver of life, derived from the ; and as such, is infinitely below that  from which it receives.

2dly,—Let us be equally upon our guard, in all our addresses to the of the universe, against approaching Him as a Being separate from, and from that , which rose as on this day from the dead. This, it is to be feared, is but too common a practice at this day, amongst Christians.—We too often, alas! forget what the Sacred Scriptures so frequently declare to us,—that the is One with, and dwells with all His Fulness bodily in Him;—consequently that He is One with the , and dwells with all His Fulness in that .—How then can we ever hope to have access to, or find the , but in this, His proper and chosen Habitation?—How can we hope to have access to, and find the , when we never attend to the words of , where he says,—“''No one cometh unto the Father but by Me. I am the Door''.”