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... lights , particularly when the purpose for which they were to be depicted is borne in mind . To indicate , and even somewhat to exaggerate , what is faulty in their preaching , could scarcely weaken - it might even strengthen-- the ...
... lights , particularly when the purpose for which they were to be depicted is borne in mind . To indicate , and even somewhat to exaggerate , what is faulty in their preaching , could scarcely weaken - it might even strengthen-- the ...
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... an elegy written a few days after his death , has incidentally compared him to the chief 6 * Preface to his Pseudo - Martyr , ' p . 3 . penitent in the Gospel . Contrasting with the light effusions 6 CLASSIC PREACHERS :
... an elegy written a few days after his death , has incidentally compared him to the chief 6 * Preface to his Pseudo - Martyr , ' p . 3 . penitent in the Gospel . Contrasting with the light effusions 6 CLASSIC PREACHERS :
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... light effusions of his earlier years the religious poems , which he assigns to a later period , he asks : — " Did his rich soul conceive And in harmonious holy numbers weave A crown of sacred sonnets , fit to adorn A dying martyr's brow ...
... light effusions of his earlier years the religious poems , which he assigns to a later period , he asks : — " Did his rich soul conceive And in harmonious holy numbers weave A crown of sacred sonnets , fit to adorn A dying martyr's brow ...
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... light is light itself , and never spark of that light reach to my soul . ... Listen to such words as I have read ; and to com- plete the effect summon up in imagination the ap- pearance and manner of the preacher . Recall him as he is ...
... light is light itself , and never spark of that light reach to my soul . ... Listen to such words as I have read ; and to com- plete the effect summon up in imagination the ap- pearance and manner of the preacher . Recall him as he is ...
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... careful oratory , more accurate exegesis , more profuse illustration ; but here is the light which flashes and the fire which burns . Donne's learning was enormous ; and yet his 1 66 sermons probably owe more to his knowledge of DONNE . 21.
... careful oratory , more accurate exegesis , more profuse illustration ; but here is the light which flashes and the fire which burns . Donne's learning was enormous ; and yet his 1 66 sermons probably owe more to his knowledge of DONNE . 21.
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Page 46 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light shall we see light.
Page 11 - When thou hast done, thou has not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page 12 - And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
Page 12 - I've spun My last thread, I shall perish on the shore ; But swear by Thyself, that at my death Thy Son Shall shine as He shines now, and heretofore ; And having done that, Thou hast done, I fear no more.
Page 162 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 110 - Even he, that leadeth an uncorrupt life : and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart...
Page 71 - No, these were sublimities above the rise of the Apostolic Spirit. For the apostles, poor mortals, were content to take lower steps, and to tell the world in plain terms, that he who believed should be saved, and that he who believed not should be damned.
Page 158 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 4 - ... and put into their coffin or grave. Upon this Urn he thus stood, with his eyes shut, and with so much of the sheet turned aside as might show his lean, pale, and deathlike face, which was purposely turned towards the East, from whence he expected the second coming of his and our Saviour Jesus.
Page 18 - It is a fearful thing, to fall into the hands of the living God; but to fall out of the hands of the living God, is a horror beyond our expression, beyond our imagination.