Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A, Vol. 7 Vveoare. All of us the ofi'spring'of God, more nearly related to him, than we are to one an other: for in Izim we live, and move, and flow our being. The Full: man that was brought forth. Frorrr God; had the Spirit of Feather, Son, and Holy G/zofl breathed into him, and fo he became a living foul. Thus was our firfi father born of God, . And flood in paradile in the image and likenefs of God. He was the image and like nefs of God, not with regard to his outward fliape, for no {hape has any likenefs to God; but becaufe the Holy Trinity had breathed their own nature and Spirit into him. And as the Deity, Fat/2673 Son, and Holy Spirit, are always in heaven, and make heaven to be every where fo this Spirit, breathed by them into man, brought heaven into'man al'ong'with it and fo man was in heaven, as well as on earth, that is, in para dife, which fignifies an heavenly fiate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.