The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Hebert, and Sanderson, Volume 2Hilliard, Gray, 1832 |
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... dear child ; and all parties were so pleased with this proposal , that it was resolved so it should be . And in the mean time his parents and master laid a foundation for his future happiness , by instilling into his soul the seeds of ...
... dear child ; and all parties were so pleased with this proposal , that it was resolved so it should be . And in the mean time his parents and master laid a foundation for his future happiness , by instilling into his soul the seeds of ...
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... dear and comfortable a patron ; and of fear for his future subsistence . But Mr. Cole raised his spirits from this dejection , by bidding him go cheerfully to his studies , and assuring him , that he should neither want food nor raiment ...
... dear and comfortable a patron ; and of fear for his future subsistence . But Mr. Cole raised his spirits from this dejection , by bidding him go cheerfully to his studies , and assuring him , that he should neither want food nor raiment ...
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... dear Ed- win Sandys , and his as dear George Cranmer of which there will be a fair testimony in the ensu- ing relation . This for his learning . And for his behaviour , amongst other testimonies , this still remains of him , that in ...
... dear Ed- win Sandys , and his as dear George Cranmer of which there will be a fair testimony in the ensu- ing relation . This for his learning . And for his behaviour , amongst other testimonies , this still remains of him , that in ...
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... dear friend , Henry Savile of Mer- ton College , then one of the proctors . It was that Henry Savile , that was after Sir Henry Savile , warden of Merton College , and provost of Eton : he which founded in Oxford two famous lectures ...
... dear friend , Henry Savile of Mer- ton College , then one of the proctors . It was that Henry Savile , that was after Sir Henry Savile , warden of Merton College , and provost of Eton : he which founded in Oxford two famous lectures ...
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... dear George , if saints have usually a double share in the mise- ries of this life , I , that am none , ought not to re- pine at what my wise Creator hath appointed for me ; but labor , as indeed I do daily , to submit to his will , and ...
... dear George , if saints have usually a double share in the mise- ries of this life , I , that am none , ought not to re- pine at what my wise Creator hath appointed for me ; but labor , as indeed I do daily , to submit to his will , and ...
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Page 331 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom...
Page 33 - ... not an open enemy, that hath done me this dishonour : for then I could have borne it.
Page 105 - ... of God for any other reason, but to live to finish his three remaining books of Polity ; and then, Lord, let thy servant depart in peace;" which was his usual expression.
Page 161 - ... he had many conflicts with himself, whether he should return to the painted pleasures of a Courtlife, or betake himself to a study of Divinity, and enter into Sacred Orders, to which his dear mother had often persuaded him. These were such conflicts, as they only can know, that have endured them ; for ambitious desires, and the outward glory of this -world, are not easily laid aside ; but at last God inclined him to put on a resolution to serve at his altar.
Page 198 - The poor man blessed him for it, and he blessed the poor man : and was so like the good Samaritan, that he gave him money to refresh both himself and his horse, and told him that, " if he loved himself, he should be merciful to his beast.
Page 94 - And after these days Elisabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying, Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.
Page 215 - Lord, forsake me not now my Strength faileth me, but grant me mercy for the merits of my Jesus. And now, Lord — Lord, now receive my soul.
Page 70 - That the way of nature, this the way of grace. The end of that way, salvation merited, presupposing the righteousness of men's works; their righteousness, a natural ability to do them ; that ability, the goodness of God which created them in such perfection; but the end of this way, salvation bestowed upon men as a gift, presupposing not their righteousness, but the forgiveness of their unrighteousness, justification; their justification, not their natural ability...
Page 35 - God's disfavor; for he was a virtuous man. I shall not yet give the like testimony of his wife, but leave the reader to judge by what follows. But to this house Mr. Hooker came so wet, so weary, and weather-beaten, that he was never known to express more passion than against a friend that dissuaded him from footing it to London, and for finding him no easier an horse, — supposing the horse trotted when he did not; — and at this time also, such a faintness and fear possessed him, that he would...
Page 33 - ... university, free from selfends, which the friendships of age usually are not. And in this sweet, this blessed, this spiritual amity, they went on for many years, and, as the holy Prophet saith, so " they took sweet counsel together, and walked in the house of God as friends.