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And<br />
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HYMN OF<br />
THE ROBE<br />
OF GLORY.<br />
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kut now i* is stamped<br />
all over with <strong>the</strong><br />
Ima e or Likeness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
With Sapphires." Compare Ezekiel<br />
i. 26 :<br />
And above <strong>the</strong> Firmament that was<br />
over <strong>the</strong>ir heads was <strong>the</strong> likeness <strong>of</strong> a<br />
Throne as <strong>the</strong> appearance <strong>of</strong> a sapphire<br />
stone : and upon <strong>the</strong> likeness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Throne was <strong>the</strong> likeness as <strong>the</strong> appear<br />
ance <strong>of</strong> a Man upon<br />
it."<br />
And also Exodus xxiv. 10 :<br />
<strong>the</strong>y saw <strong>the</strong> God <strong>of</strong> Israel :<br />
and <strong>the</strong>re was under His Feet as it were a<br />
paved work <strong>of</strong> sapphire stone, as it were<br />
<strong>the</strong> Body pf Heaven in his clearness."<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Motions <strong>of</strong> Gnosis." <strong>The</strong>re is a<br />
suggestion here <strong>of</strong> a certain dramatic<br />
state <strong>of</strong> consciousness where, by<br />
man <strong>the</strong><br />
s own activities, he talks to himself.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Robe</strong> is as it were <strong>the</strong> one uniting<br />
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