An ecclesiastical biography, containing the lives of ancient fathers and modern divines, interspersed with notices of heretics and schismatics, Volume 2 |
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... labour , he could also see as clearly now , as when he penned this passage , the many advantages with which we are blessed ! The course of discipline which is neces- sary in one age of the Church , may not be expedient in another ...
... labour , he could also see as clearly now , as when he penned this passage , the many advantages with which we are blessed ! The course of discipline which is neces- sary in one age of the Church , may not be expedient in another ...
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... labour to keep our minds in a calm and uniform consistency . When the eyes are accustomed to wander about in all directions , it becomes impossible to fix them on any object so steadfastly as to consider it under every point of view ...
... labour to keep our minds in a calm and uniform consistency . When the eyes are accustomed to wander about in all directions , it becomes impossible to fix them on any object so steadfastly as to consider it under every point of view ...
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... labour the holy songs which give it its sweetest relish , and diffuse such delicious consolations over the soul as constantly to keep it in a state of ravishing serenity ? It BAS . 9 his own tumult of cares if he is childless, ...
... labour the holy songs which give it its sweetest relish , and diffuse such delicious consolations over the soul as constantly to keep it in a state of ravishing serenity ? It BAS . 9 his own tumult of cares if he is childless, ...
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... labours of the day , the wood - drawing and the stone - hewing , the planting and the draining ? or that golden plane , more honourable than that of Xerxes , under which , not a jaded king , but a weary monk did sit , -planted by me ...
... labours of the day , the wood - drawing and the stone - hewing , the planting and the draining ? or that golden plane , more honourable than that of Xerxes , under which , not a jaded king , but a weary monk did sit , -planted by me ...
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... labours as a priest were eminently successful . He fre- quently preached every day in the week , and as a record of his labour we still possess his " Hexameron , " or nine homilies on the six days of creation , which may be found in the ...
... labours as a priest were eminently successful . He fre- quently preached every day in the week , and as a record of his labour we still possess his " Hexameron , " or nine homilies on the six days of creation , which may be found in the ...
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Page 307 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 458 - And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup-bearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.
Page 168 - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them; wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Page 361 - And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them ? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.
Page 255 - A Discourse of Freethinking, occasioned by the rise and growth of a Sect called Freethinkers...
Page 225 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Page 415 - And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 506 - Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you 5 but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Page 225 - Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good, seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 138 - The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.