The Letters that Passed Between Theodosius and Constantia: After She Had Taken the Veil, 2. osaT. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1764 - 185 pages |
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affliction againſt Almighty almoſt aſk becauſe cauſe Chriftian circumſtances confcience confequence Conftan Conftantia CONSTANTIA to THEODOSIUS creatures death defire difpenfation diſpenſed divine divine grace doctrine duty everlaſting evil facred facrifice fafe falvation fame Father Francis favour fentiments feven fhall figh fince fins fions firft firſt fociety fome foon forrow foul friendſhip ftantia ftill fubject fuch fufferings fufficient fuppofed fupport fure goodneſs grace happineſs happy heart heaven herſelf himſelf holy hope inftructions itſelf laft laſt letter Lord meaſure mind miſtaken moft moral moral agency moſt muſt myſelf neceffary nefs obferve ourſelves paffage paffions painful peace phatical pleaſure praiſe prefent promiſed purpoſe reafon reaſon refignation reflection religion religious religious habit repentance ſhall ſhe ſhould Spirit ſtate ſtill thefe Theodo Theodofius THEODOSIUS to CONSTANTIA theſe thofe thoſe thou tion truth tural univerfal unto uſe virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom worſhip yourſelf
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Page 26 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 145 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things that belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 111 - O God of our salvation ; Thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea.
Page 112 - I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon the Name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Page 126 - Therefore he brought down their heart with labour ; they fell down, and there was none to help.
Page xx - Francis, and was fo far concealed in a long beard, a fhaven head, and a religious habit, that it was impoffible to difcover the man of the world in the venerable conventual, As he was one morning...
Page xxiii - ... of it; concluding, with a promife to her, that he would, from time to time, continue his admonitions when fhe fhould have taken upon her the holy veil. The rules of our...
Page xvii - In mort, me refolved to fufFer the utmoit effeAs of her father's difpleafure, rather than comply with a marriage which appeared to her fo full of guilt and horror. The father feeing himfelf entirely rid of Theodofius, and likely to keep a confiderable portion in his family, was not very much concerned at the obftinate...
Page 140 - it is impoffible for thofe who were once enlightened, " and have tafted of the heavenly gift, and were made " partakers of the Holy Ghoft, and have tafted the " good word of God and the powers of the world to " come, if they fhall fall away, to renew them again " unto repentance ; feeing they crucify to themfelves " the Son of God afrefh, and put him to an open
Page 128 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 22 And let them...