here below

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here below

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Christianity In this world; in our mortal time on the earth.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow / praise Him, all creatures here below / praise Him above, ye heavenly host / praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost1674, Thomas Ken, “Doxology”:
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow / The sun forbear to shine / but God who called me here below / will be forever mine.1779, John Newton, “Amazing Grace”:

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And if the material of the firmament resembled that of bodies here below, a theory of motion built on experience with objects within our reach might apply also to the celestial regions.2010, John L. Heilbron, Galileo, Oxford University Press, page 120:

Related terms: up above, in the world

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