"As David and the Sibyls Say": A Sketch of the Sibyls and the Sibylline Oracles |
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Page 33 - Pluribus persuasio inerat antiquis, sacerdotum litteris contineri, eo ipso tempore fore ut valesceret oriens profectique Judaea rerum potirentur.
Page xxi - Et ab hoedis me sequestra. Statuens in parte dextra. Confutatis maledictis, Flammis acribus addictis, Voca me cum benedictis. Oro supplex et acclinis, Cor contritum quasi cinis : Gere curam mei finis.
Page xx - Recordare, Jesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae, Ne me perdas illa die. Quaerens me, sedisti lassus ; Redemisti, crucem passus : Tantus labor non sit cassus.
Page xxiii - And all with shame confess their own. 0 then ! what interest shall I make, To save my last important stake, When the most just have cause to quake? Thou mighty formidable King, Thou mercy's unexhausted spring, Some comfortable pity bring ! Forget not what my ransom cost, Nor let my dear-bought soul be lost, In storms of guilty terror toss'd. Thou who for me didst feel such pain, Whose precious blood the cross did stain, Let not those agonies be vain.
Page 14 - Ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas ; Magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo. Jam redit et Virgo, redeunt Saturnia regna : Jam nova progenies coelo demittitur alto.
Page xix - Dies irae, dies illa, Solvet saeclum in favilla ; Teste David cum Sibylla. Quantus tremor est futurus, Quando judex est venturus, Cuncta stricte discussurus ! Tuba mirum spargens sonum Per sepulchra regionum, Coget omnes ante thronum.
Page iii - Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Page xxi - Quaerens me, sedisti lassus ; Redemisti, crucem passus : Tantus labor non sit cassus. Juste Judex ultionis, Donum fac remissionis, Ante diem rationis. Ingemisco, tanquam reus, Culpa rubet vultus meus, Supplicanti parce Deus. Qui Mariam absolvisti, Et latronem exaudisti, Mihi quoque spem dedisti. Preces meae non sunt dignae. Sed tu bonus fac benigne, Ne perenni cremer igne.
Page xxiv - Prostrate, my contrite heart I rend, My God, my Father, and my Friend ; Do not forsake me in my end ! Well may they curse their second breath, Who rise to a reviving death.
Page xx - Judex ergo cum sedebit, Quidquid latet apparebit : Nil inultum remanebit. Quid sum, miser ! tune dicturus ? Quern patronum rogaturus ? Cum vix Justus sit securus.