The Book of the Fathers: Containing the Lives of Celebrated Fathers of the Christian Church and the Spirit of Their Writings |
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Popular passages
Page 408 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 163 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Page 99 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night : Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Page 335 - Father, I will that those whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory...
Page 277 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips; When I remember thee upon my bed, And meditate on thee in the night watches. Because thou hast been my help, Therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
Page 98 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
Page 22 - We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things, visible and invisible...
Page 273 - For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail : for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
Page 374 - Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
Page 261 - Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, and good will towards men.