Heaven and Hell (Harley) n. 66

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66. The spirits who are beneath heaven are greatly astonished when they hear and see that heaven is not only above but below, for they have the same idea and belief as men have in the world, that heaven is above only. For they do not know that the position of the heavens is like that of the members, organs, and viscera in man, some of which are above and some below, or like the position of the parts in any one of the members, organs and viscera, some of which are within and some without. Hence they have confused notions about heaven.


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