A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.—Genesis, i. 27.

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God.—Exodus, xx. 4, 5.

As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.—I. Corinthians, xv. 49.

For what had all this all, which man in one,

Did not unite; the earth, air, water, fire,

Life, sense, and spirit; nay, the pow’rful throne

Of the Divinest Essence did retire;

And his own Image into clay inspire;

So that this creature well might called be,