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Page 667
... islands . If any say that they do not , let them prove that we are exempt . But this cannot be proved ; and , for the sake of self - preservation , we must bring the snares to view . May it please God to hasten the day when the veil ...
... islands . If any say that they do not , let them prove that we are exempt . But this cannot be proved ; and , for the sake of self - preservation , we must bring the snares to view . May it please God to hasten the day when the veil ...
Page 670
... island , -a floating one , tradition says , -supporting a temple , which covered its whole area . The temple was built of immortal and incorruptible wood . In the midst of the garden were two crystal foun- tains , the one ebbing and ...
... island , -a floating one , tradition says , -supporting a temple , which covered its whole area . The temple was built of immortal and incorruptible wood . In the midst of the garden were two crystal foun- tains , the one ebbing and ...
Page 671
... island of Corcyra , were the gardens of Alcinous . Could we have entered there , we should have beheld a great variety of trees , loaded with rich and luscious fruit , " good for food . " And in the centre we might see two sacred ...
... island of Corcyra , were the gardens of Alcinous . Could we have entered there , we should have beheld a great variety of trees , loaded with rich and luscious fruit , " good for food . " And in the centre we might see two sacred ...
Page 672
... islands which , “ like unto rich and varied gems , bestud " the bosom of the Ægean Sea , and the calm softness of that lovely clime , - " where every season smiles Benignant o'er those blessed isles ; * * * ( There , mildly dimpling ...
... islands which , “ like unto rich and varied gems , bestud " the bosom of the Ægean Sea , and the calm softness of that lovely clime , - " where every season smiles Benignant o'er those blessed isles ; * * * ( There , mildly dimpling ...
Page 673
... island . This , and similar places , and especially the legendary " Isles of the Blessed , " were Edens in more than the poet's sense , -with their mystic and miraculous trees , their consecrated shrines , towers , or tabernacles , the ...
... island . This , and similar places , and especially the legendary " Isles of the Blessed , " were Edens in more than the poet's sense , -with their mystic and miraculous trees , their consecrated shrines , towers , or tabernacles , the ...
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Page 1197 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 801 - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Page 1196 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 1197 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...
Page 1089 - He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Page 968 - Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
Page 877 - But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare thereof and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
Page 968 - THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Page 957 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Page 677 - And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.