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... matter , that my rela- tion may obviate every doubt , I shall subjoin his own words . " I , Leutherius , by divine permission bishop supreme of the Saxon see , am requested by the abbots who , within the jurisdiction of our diocese ...
... matter , that my rela- tion may obviate every doubt , I shall subjoin his own words . " I , Leutherius , by divine permission bishop supreme of the Saxon see , am requested by the abbots who , within the jurisdiction of our diocese ...
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... matter to which they listened for their pleasure , gradually blended words of Scripture with his jesting , and " so brought health to their minds when he could have done nothing if he had thought to manage them severely and by ...
... matter to which they listened for their pleasure , gradually blended words of Scripture with his jesting , and " so brought health to their minds when he could have done nothing if he had thought to manage them severely and by ...
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... matter in one country or another . Miracle plays went through no transition stages after the manner of the caterpillars till they were transformed to something altogether different . They survived unchanged long after they had passed ...
... matter in one country or another . Miracle plays went through no transition stages after the manner of the caterpillars till they were transformed to something altogether different . They survived unchanged long after they had passed ...
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... matters therein to heart will take , It may his conscience tender make ; And to right way of rule bring it belive1 And his heart to dread and meekness drive , And to love , and yearning of heaven's bliss , And to amend all that he has ...
... matters therein to heart will take , It may his conscience tender make ; And to right way of rule bring it belive1 And his heart to dread and meekness drive , And to love , and yearning of heaven's bliss , And to amend all that he has ...
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... matter as them liketh . This little fancy drawn from Grosseteste of the healing of the fever in the seventh hour is a pleasant example of that allegorical method of interpreting the Bible , that finding of what Wiclif here calls the ...
... matter as them liketh . This little fancy drawn from Grosseteste of the healing of the fever in the seventh hour is a pleasant example of that allegorical method of interpreting the Bible , that finding of what Wiclif here calls the ...
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Page 330 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks He shall attend, . And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 321 - FATHER of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Page 236 - I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Page 251 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow, And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 175 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth ; and having on the breast-plate of righteousness ; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God...
Page 373 - Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a Mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely Nurse doth all she can To make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man, Forget the glories he hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years...
Page 373 - And unto this he frames his song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife ; But it will not be long Ere this be thrown aside, And with new joy and pride The little Actor cons another part, Filling from time to time his
Page 252 - The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale Edged with poplar pale The parting Genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Page 235 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 218 - WILT thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before ? Wilt thou forgive that sin, through which I run And do run still, though still I do deplore ? When thou hast done, thou hast not done ; For I have more.