~ as it were of ~ 57_PHM_01_14  But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. #, 66_REV_04_01  After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter. #,