If thy heart were sincere and upright, then every creature would be unto thee a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine. There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God. Masters of the Spiritual Life - Page 77by Frederick William Drake - 1916 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
| Peter GANDOLPHY - 1815 - 552 pages
...enjoy internal liberty. If thy heart were right, then every creature would be to thee a looking-glass of life, and a book of holy doctrine. There is no creature so little and contemptible as not to manifest the goodness of God. If thou wert good and pure within,... | |
| Thomas Keble - 1866 - 398 pages
...liberty. If thy heart were sincere and upright, then every creature would be unto thee a looking-glass of life, and a book of holy doctrine. There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God ". 2. If thou wert inwardly good and pureb, then wouldest... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1866 - 840 pages
...spent their life in studying death. "If thy heart were right, then would every creature be to theea mirror of life, and a book of holy doctrine. There is no creature so small and vile that does not show forth the goodness of God." With this sentence bound about their foreheads,... | |
| Christian life - 1868 - 248 pages
...liberty. If thy heart were sincere and upright, then every creature would be unto thee a living mirror, and a book of holy doctrine. There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God.1 2. If thou wert inwardly good and pure,2 then wouldst... | |
| 1873 - 462 pages
...enjoy internal liberty. If thy heart were right, then every creature would be to thee a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine. There is no creature so little and contemptible as not to manifest the goodness of God. According as every one is interiorly,... | |
| 1874 - 420 pages
...neighbour, thou wilt entirely enjoy inward liberty. If thine heart were right, then should every creature be a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine. There is no creature so small and vile but that it showeth us the goodness of God. 2. If thou wert good and pure within, then wouldst... | |
| John Addington Symonds - Greece - 1874 - 364 pages
...their life in studying death : " If thy heart were right, then would every . * creature be to thee a mirror of life, and a book of holy doctrine. There is no creature so small and vile that does not show forth the goodness of God." With this sentence bound about their foreheads,... | |
| 1875 - 374 pages
...enjoy internal liberty. If thy heart were right, then every creature would be to thee a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine. There is no creature so little and contemptible as not to manifest the goodness of God. 2. If thou wert good and pure within,... | |
| Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Italy - 1876 - 516 pages
...spent their lives in studying death. ' If thy heart were right, then would every creature be to thee a mirror of life, and a book of holy doctrine. There is no creature so small and vile that does not shew forth the goodness of God.' With this sentence bound about their foreheads,... | |
| Thomas (à Kempis) - Devotional literature - 1877 - 306 pages
...neighbour, thou wilt entirely enjoy inward liberty. If thine heart were right, then should every creature be a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine. There is no creature so small and vile but that it showeth us the goodness of God. 2. If thou wert good and pure within, then wouldst... | |
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