The Meditations of St. Augustine, His Treatise of the Love of God, Soliloquies, and Manual: With Select Contemplations from St. Anselm and St. Bernard |
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... misery of unregenerate man IV . An act of praise for God's manifold mercies in man's Page 177 179 182 present state ... ... 185 V. The excellency of man's future state . 187 VI . Of the almighty power of God ... 189 VII . A prayer for ...
... misery of unregenerate man IV . An act of praise for God's manifold mercies in man's Page 177 179 182 present state ... ... 185 V. The excellency of man's future state . 187 VI . Of the almighty power of God ... 189 VII . A prayer for ...
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... misery of them who do not seek and love God .. 259 V. Prayer for grace to love God above all things ...... VI . The happiness of souls delivered from their earthly prisons . VII . Of the comforts afforded good men under their pre- 261 ...
... misery of them who do not seek and love God .. 259 V. Prayer for grace to love God above all things ...... VI . The happiness of souls delivered from their earthly prisons . VII . Of the comforts afforded good men under their pre- 261 ...
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... the Soul . Book VIII . Chap . I. The dignity of man , with regard to his soul ... Page .. 360 II . The misery of man , with respect to his body . .................. . 366 Chap . III . Reflections upon the excellent nature and A TABLE .
... the Soul . Book VIII . Chap . I. The dignity of man , with regard to his soul ... Page .. 360 II . The misery of man , with respect to his body . .................. . 366 Chap . III . Reflections upon the excellent nature and A TABLE .
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... misery . All praise be to thy fatherly compassion , which from the bottom of my heart I admire and thank- fully adore , for that inexpressible love wherewith thy bowels yearned over undone man , whereby thou didst extend to most ...
... misery . All praise be to thy fatherly compassion , which from the bottom of my heart I admire and thank- fully adore , for that inexpressible love wherewith thy bowels yearned over undone man , whereby thou didst extend to most ...
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... misery ; whatever the foolish world calls plenty is nothing ; and all but my God is poverty , and the very extremity of want . For thou alone art that God , which cannot ad- mit of either diminution or increase ; to thee to live and to ...
... misery ; whatever the foolish world calls plenty is nothing ; and all but my God is poverty , and the very extremity of want . For thou alone art that God , which cannot ad- mit of either diminution or increase ; to thee to live and to ...
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Page 60 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.
Page 107 - I love God," and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
Page 321 - And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
Page 40 - BUT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious Resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our "Lord : for he is the very Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken away the sin of the world ; who by his death hath destroyed death, and by his rising to life again hath restored to us everlasting life.
Page 190 - Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
Page 64 - Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.
Page 42 - Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name : that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth ; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father'
Page 42 - For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Page 61 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Page 320 - And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews ! And they spit upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.