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... soul . And if his heavenly Father had sent him a letter , his understanding at once suggested that the Sender meant him to read it , and his love of his rights insisted on seeing it . To the * In the Romish mass , by saying " Hoc est ...
... soul . And if his heavenly Father had sent him a letter , his understanding at once suggested that the Sender meant him to read it , and his love of his rights insisted on seeing it . To the * In the Romish mass , by saying " Hoc est ...
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... soul go forth On its journey far and lone , Who is he that yet on earth All his needful part hath done ? Who foreweighs the joy or scath That his parted ghost shall know , Endless when the day of death Seals his doom for weal or woe ...
... soul go forth On its journey far and lone , Who is he that yet on earth All his needful part hath done ? Who foreweighs the joy or scath That his parted ghost shall know , Endless when the day of death Seals his doom for weal or woe ...
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... soul ; and His ghostly body , which we call housel , is gathered of many corns , without blood and bone , limbless and soulless ; and there is , therefore , nothing therein to be understood bodily , but all is to be understood ...
... soul ; and His ghostly body , which we call housel , is gathered of many corns , without blood and bone , limbless and soulless ; and there is , therefore , nothing therein to be understood bodily , but all is to be understood ...
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... soul . For , to restore my lost soul to me , thou didst deliver up thy own soul to death . And by a double debt hast thou bound me to thee . For what thou didst give , and for what thou didst lose on my behalf am I thy debtor ; and for.
... soul . For , to restore my lost soul to me , thou didst deliver up thy own soul to death . And by a double debt hast thou bound me to thee . For what thou didst give , and for what thou didst lose on my behalf am I thy debtor ; and for.
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... soul , and to follow in the steps of him who died for me , how can I do even this except through thee ? Let my soul cleave fast to thee , for on thee all its strength depends . " The Mill . " Our heart is like a mill , ever grinding ...
... soul , and to follow in the steps of him who died for me , how can I do even this except through thee ? Let my soul cleave fast to thee , for on thee all its strength depends . " The Mill . " Our heart is like a mill , ever grinding ...
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Page 204 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Page 130 - ALL people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice ; Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell, Come ye before Him and rejoice.
Page 347 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Page 204 - And when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say I taught thee Say Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour, Found thee a way, out of his wreck, to rise in A sure and safe one, though thy master missed it.
Page 417 - Lord, it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live ; To love and serve Thee is my share, And this thy grace must give.
Page 395 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 353 - Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Page 394 - 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 259 - When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew ;) the governor of the feast...
Page 203 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...