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... teach us such things as we neither see nor know of ourselves , its style and manner must be such as are no where else to be found . It must abound with figurative expressions : it cannot proceed without them and if we descend to an ...
... teach us such things as we neither see nor know of ourselves , its style and manner must be such as are no where else to be found . It must abound with figurative expressions : it cannot proceed without them and if we descend to an ...
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... teacher by a star which gives light from the firma- ment of heaven , is to speak under the form of a mys- tery ... teach us the union betwixt Christ and the Church , for the bring- ing forth of sons to glory , under the similitude ...
... teacher by a star which gives light from the firma- ment of heaven , is to speak under the form of a mys- tery ... teach us the union betwixt Christ and the Church , for the bring- ing forth of sons to glory , under the similitude ...
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... teaching was observed in the middle ages , till the times of the Reformation ; and even then our best scholars still drew their divine oratory , parti- cularly the learned and ac- the spiritual wisdom of the first ages . To revive and ...
... teaching was observed in the middle ages , till the times of the Reformation ; and even then our best scholars still drew their divine oratory , parti- cularly the learned and ac- the spiritual wisdom of the first ages . To revive and ...
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... teaches spiri- tual things which cannot be taught in words , the wisdom of God hath made use of things , as signs and figures , to explain them . This is done for several reasons : first , because we cannot conceive things of a spi ...
... teaches spiri- tual things which cannot be taught in words , the wisdom of God hath made use of things , as signs and figures , to explain them . This is done for several reasons : first , because we cannot conceive things of a spi ...
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... Teacher thought most agreeable to the nature of His own preaching , and to the wants of His hearers . In which , however , He only did what the Scripture had always done ; He instructed the eyes of the understanding by placing some ...
... Teacher thought most agreeable to the nature of His own preaching , and to the wants of His hearers . In which , however , He only did what the Scripture had always done ; He instructed the eyes of the understanding by placing some ...
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Page 121 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Page 101 - Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them ; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
Page 119 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Page 164 - Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
Page 133 - Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people : and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
Page 70 - Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle: or who shall rest upon thy holy hill ? Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life : and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart.
Page 13 - ... Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Page 76 - But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 125 - Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers : who have received the law by the disposition of Angels, and have not kept it.
Page 29 - THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice Even with joy and singing: The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, The excellency of Carmel and Sharon, They shall see the glory of the Lord, And the excellency of our God.