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... true affection : the soul its object . To pray for our enemies no harsh precept . 123 . vii . No such injury as revenge ; no such revenge as contempt of an injury . Man a mass of anti- pathies . Charity to ourselves to be at vari- ance ...
... true affection : the soul its object . To pray for our enemies no harsh precept . 123 . vii . No such injury as revenge ; no such revenge as contempt of an injury . Man a mass of anti- pathies . Charity to ourselves to be at vari- ance ...
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... true beati- tude groweth not here ..... .... 217 . xii . Revenge ; feminine manhood . If no mercy for others , be not cruel to thyself .. 218 . xiii . Study prophecies when they are become his- tories . ..... 220 . xiv . Live unto the ...
... true beati- tude groweth not here ..... .... 217 . xii . Revenge ; feminine manhood . If no mercy for others , be not cruel to thyself .. 218 . xiii . Study prophecies when they are become his- tories . ..... 220 . xiv . Live unto the ...
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... true , not only in our church , but also in any other ; even in doctrines heretical there will be super - heresies ; and Arians not only divided from their church , but also among themselves : for heads that are disposed unto schism and ...
... true , not only in our church , but also in any other ; even in doctrines heretical there will be super - heresies ; and Arians not only divided from their church , but also among themselves : for heads that are disposed unto schism and ...
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... true there is an edge in all firm belief , and with an easy metaphor we may say the sword of faith ; but in these obscurities I rather use it in the adjunct the apostle gives it , a buckler ; RELIGIO MEDICI . 15 X Content to understand ...
... true there is an edge in all firm belief , and with an easy metaphor we may say the sword of faith ; but in these obscurities I rather use it in the adjunct the apostle gives it , a buckler ; RELIGIO MEDICI . 15 X Content to understand ...
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... true , which indeed my reason would persuade me to be false ; and this I think is no vulgar part of faith , to believe a thing not only above , but contrary to reason , and against the ar- guments of our proper senses . XI . In my ...
... true , which indeed my reason would persuade me to be false ; and this I think is no vulgar part of faith , to believe a thing not only above , but contrary to reason , and against the ar- guments of our proper senses . XI . In my ...
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Page 259 - ... of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing they are lost, and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve. But...
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Page 68 - Thus we are men, and we know not how ; there is something in us that can be without us, and will be after us, though it is strange that it hath no history what it was before us, nor cannot tell how it entered in us.
Page 245 - A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the minute; The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, .. . " And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds.
Page 248 - I call the effects of Nature the works of GOD, Whose hand and instrument she only is; and therefore to ascribe His actions unto her, is to devolve the honour of the principal agent upon the instrument...
Page 141 - Thou whose nature cannot sleep, On my temples sentry keep ! Guard me 'gainst those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close ; Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest.