Some Meditations and Prayers Selected from The Way of Eternal Life: In Order to Illustrate and Explain the Pictures by Boetius a Bolswert for the Same Work : Translated from the Latin, and Adapted to the Use of the English ChurchJ.H. Parker, 1845 - 356 pages |
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... King of kings , and Lord of lords , Who Presence of art everywhere present , and considerest in every place the evil and the good , and tryest the heart and the reins ; behold , with living faith , and great confidence , ( for Thou hast ...
... King of kings , and Lord of lords , Who Presence of art everywhere present , and considerest in every place the evil and the good , and tryest the heart and the reins ; behold , with living faith , and great confidence , ( for Thou hast ...
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... king- doms , into a most happy , or most miserable eternity . Behold God and His Saints exhorting thee to learn ... kings , and princes , all men , and whatsoever is con- tained within the compass of this world , and where will these ...
... king- doms , into a most happy , or most miserable eternity . Behold God and His Saints exhorting thee to learn ... kings , and princes , all men , and whatsoever is con- tained within the compass of this world , and where will these ...
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... King ! Vanity of vanities , vanity of vanities , all is vanity ! Service of God and the world . Consider , fourthly , what are the kings and mighty ones of the earth , and then think what God is . What are they , but worms of the earth ...
... King ! Vanity of vanities , vanity of vanities , all is vanity ! Service of God and the world . Consider , fourthly , what are the kings and mighty ones of the earth , and then think what God is . What are they , but worms of the earth ...
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... kings and princes employ persons to take Obtain an care of their money , and to take care of their health , and how they adviser . are glad to assign great rewards to any who prevent their pecuniary losses , or who point out the ...
... kings and princes employ persons to take Obtain an care of their money , and to take care of their health , and how they adviser . are glad to assign great rewards to any who prevent their pecuniary losses , or who point out the ...
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... King of kings , and Lord of lords , I confess to Thee before all the company of Heaven , that I have hitherto been unfaith- ful to Thy Majesty , after receiving innumerable benefits from Thy bountiful hand , which I have made use of not ...
... King of kings , and Lord of lords , I confess to Thee before all the company of Heaven , that I have hitherto been unfaith- ful to Thy Majesty , after receiving innumerable benefits from Thy bountiful hand , which I have made use of not ...
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Page 295 - Praise the Lord, O my soul : and all that is within me praise his holy Name. Praise the Lord, O my soul : and forget not all his benefits...
Page 223 - There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: 25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer...
Page 170 - How is the gold become dim ! how is the most fine gold changed ! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter...
Page 243 - That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness.
Page 200 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Page 254 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 230 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 279 - One thing have I desired of the LORD, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit his temple.
Page 303 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 250 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.