| 12. He may behold its animation, but not its spirit. He may be capable of conversing respecting it, but not of ascending to it. He may see all the boundaries of these things, and meditate upon them; but he can make nothing like them.
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And how could one know the deeds of heaven and be able to see his breath and his spirit, and be able to relate it, or ascend and see all their ends, and think them or act like them?
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And how should there be one who could behold the heaven, and who is there that could understand the things of heaven and see a soul or a spirit and could tell thereof, or ascend and see all their ends and think them or do like them?
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Han må se dess lifvande, men icke dess anda; han må vara i stånd att samtala derom, men icke att uppstiga dit. Han må se alla skiljegränser imellan dessa ting och öfverväga dem; men han kan icke göra något, som liknar dem.
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Och vem kan förstå de himelska tingen eller skåda Guds ande och förtälja därom eller stiga ditupp och se alla himmelska tingens vingar och fatta dem med tanken eller göra något liknande?
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