• Wisdom of Solomon 1:7:⁠— “For the spirit of the Lord filleth the world”; and Ecclesiasticus 42:16:⁠— “The sun that giveth light looketh upon all things, and the work thereof is full of the glory of the Lord.” ↩
• The Empyrean. Milton, Paradise Lost , III 57:⁠— “From the pure Empyrean where he sits High throned above all highth.” ↩
• 2 Corinthians 12:2:⁠— “I knew a man in Christ about fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I can not tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell; God knoweth:) how that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.” ↩