Lives of Twelve Good Men ..., Volume 1

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Page 440 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Page 99 - Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, and the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
Page 269 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
Page 366 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Page 99 - Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Page xxxvi - who had been reserved to report to a forgetful generation what was the Theology of their fathers.
Page 264 - who, when hearts were failing, bade us stir up the gift that was in us, and betake ourselves to our true Mother.
Page 167 - In the book of Revelations, the sorceress upon the seven hills is not the Church of Rome, as is often taken for granted, but Rome itself, that bad spirit which, in its former shape, was the animating principle of the fourth monarchy. In St. Paul's prophecy, it is not the Temple or Church of God, but the man of sin in the Temple, the old man or evil principle of the flesh which exalteth itself against God. Certainly...
Page 225 - Rose could not go a-head across country (sic), as Froude had no scruples in doing. Froude was a bold rider, as on horseback, so also in his speculations. After a long conversation with him on the logical bearing of his principles, Mr. Rose said of him with quiet humour, that ' he did not seem to be afraid of inferences.
Page 5 - Mr. Such-an-one has only just made his appearance in college " (he came out of Suffolk, and a fortnight of the October term had elapsed) ; " I suppose you will send him down ? " " Ah, sir," said the old man thoughtfully, " the roads in Suffolk — the roads, sir — are very bad at this time of the year.

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