 You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh, I lived in and loved darkness, and hated light; I was a chief, the chief of sinners. This is true : I hated godliness, yet God had mercy on me.  The Quarterly Review - Page 1271856Full view - About this book
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1900 - 1004 pages
...to his cousin, the wife of Oliver St. John, in 1638. "Oh, I lived in darkness and hated light; I was the chief of sinners. This is true; I hated Godliness, yet God had mercy on me." Seriously to argue from such language as this that Cromwell's early life was vicious is as monstrous... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1901 - 420 pages
...light. One beam in a dark place bath exceeding much refreshment in it: — blessed be His Name for shining upon so dark a heart as mine ! You know what...true : I hated godliness, yet God had mercy on me. O the riches of His mercy! Praise Him for me; — pray for me, that He who hath begun a good work would... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1901 - 380 pages
...from his own language in a subsequent letter to his cousin, Mrs. St. John : " You know," he wrote, "what my manner of life hath been. Oh ! I lived in...This is true, I hated godliness, yet God had mercy upon me." It has however never been wise to take the expressions of a converted penitent literally,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 374 pages
...St. John : " One beam in a dark place hath exceeding much refreshment in it ; blessed be His name for shining upon so dark a heart as mine. You know what...been ! Oh, I lived in and loved darkness, and hated the light. I was a chief, the chief of sinners. This is true : I hated godliness, yet God had mercy... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1901 - 380 pages
...from his own language in a subsequent letter to his cousin, Mrs. St. John : " You know," he wrote, "what my manner of life hath been. Oh! I lived in and loved darkness, and hated light. I was a chief—the chief of sinners. This is true, I hated godliness, yet God had mercy upon me." It has however... | |
 | Mrs. F. S. Boas - Great Britain - 1905 - 376 pages
...his cousin, Mrs. St. John, he describes the religious experience through which he had passed : — "You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh, I...is true, I hated godliness, yet God had mercy on me . . . yet the Lord forsaketh me not. Though He do prolong, yet He will, I trust, bring me to His tabernacle,... | |
 | William Wotherspoon Ireland - Great Britain - 1905 - 612 pages
...p. 221), quotes a letter written by him to his cousin, the wife of the celebrated Oliver St John : " You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh, I lived...This is true ; I hated godliness, yet God had mercy upon me." It needs some straining to get rid of such direct testimony, even though allowance be made... | |
 | William Wotherspoon Ireland - 1906 - 564 pages
...a letter written by him to his cousin, the wife of the celebrated Oliver St John : " You know wbat my manner of life hath been. Oh, I lived in and loved...This is true ; I hated godliness, yet God had mercy upon me." It needs some straining to get rid of such direct testimony, even though allowance be made... | |
 | Michael Russell - Great Britain - 1910 - 296 pages
...mine. You know what my manner of life hath beene ! O, I lived in and loved darknesse, and hated the light; I was a chief, the chief of sinners. This is true, I hated godlinesse ; yet God had mercy on me. O, the richnesse of his mercy! praise him for mee; pray for mee,... | |
 | John Willcock - History - 1913 - 470 pages
...innocence of various specified vices. In like manner Cromwell in one of his letters says to his cousin, " You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh, I lived...This is true: I hated godliness, yet God had mercy on me."1 Yet surely only a stupid and malignant mind would regard these utterances as evidence that the... | |
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