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Earth

John iii. 31.EARTH, in the moral sense of it, is set in opposition to Heaven and the Spirit. He that is of the Earth, speaketh of the Earth; but he that cometh from heaven is above all. If ye then be risen with Christ, set not your Colost. iii. 2. 1 Cor. xv. 47,48. 2 Cor. v. 1. 2 Chron. xxvi. 19. 2 Kings xv. 5, 6.affections on things on the Earth. The terrestrial man is set in opposition to the heavenly; the earthly house to the heavenly.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Earth,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/e/earth-2/.

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