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Page 142
... concupiscences of the world . For what solemnity of idolatry is without the cir- cumstance of dress and ornament ? In it are lasciviousnesses and drunkennesses ; since it is , for the most part , for the sake of food , and stomach , and ...
... concupiscences of the world . For what solemnity of idolatry is without the cir- cumstance of dress and ornament ? In it are lasciviousnesses and drunkennesses ; since it is , for the most part , for the sake of food , and stomach , and ...
Page 143
... concupiscence , 1 " if one shall have cast an eye lustfully on [ a woman ] , " and stirred his soul with immodest commotion ; when He judges murder2 [ to consist ] even in a word of curse or of reproach , and in every impulse of anger ...
... concupiscence , 1 " if one shall have cast an eye lustfully on [ a woman ] , " and stirred his soul with immodest commotion ; when He judges murder2 [ to consist ] even in a word of curse or of reproach , and in every impulse of anger ...
Page 150
... concupiscences of men . " But there is difference in wages and the rewards of handicraft ; " there- fore there is difference , too , in the labour required . Smaller wages are compensated by more frequent earning . How many are the ...
... concupiscences of men . " But there is difference in wages and the rewards of handicraft ; " there- fore there is difference , too , in the labour required . Smaller wages are compensated by more frequent earning . How many are the ...
Page 175
... concupiscence or malice have ascended into a man's heart , He saith it is held as a deed . You there- fore have given a guarantee ; which clearly has " ascended into your heart , " which you can neither contend you were ignorant of nor ...
... concupiscence or malice have ascended into a man's heart , He saith it is held as a deed . You there- fore have given a guarantee ; which clearly has " ascended into your heart , " which you can neither contend you were ignorant of nor ...
Page 196
... concupiscence , unless " virgins " are incapable of excelling in beauty and finding lovers ? Nay , let us see whether it were not " virgins " alone whom they lusted after ; since Scripture saith " the daughters of men ; " inasmuch as it ...
... concupiscence , unless " virgins " are incapable of excelling in beauty and finding lovers ? Nay , let us see whether it were not " virgins " alone whom they lusted after ; since Scripture saith " the daughters of men ; " inasmuch as it ...
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Page 279 - You are the devil's gateway: you are the unsealer of that (forbidden) tree: you are the first deserter of the divine law: you are she who persuaded him whom the devil was not valiant enough to attack. You destroyed so easily God's image, man. On account of your desert — that is, death — even the Son of God had to die.
Page 357 - Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree : and ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire : and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
Page 373 - The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his Lord...
Page 386 - It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: if we suffer, we shall also reign with him : if we deny him, he also will deny us : if we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
Page 383 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Page 386 - I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
Page 357 - ... and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
Page 368 - Wisdom has murdered even her own proper, first-born and only Son, who is certainly about to live, nay, to bring back the others also into life. I can say with the Wisdom of God : It is Christ who gave Himself up for our offences.6 Already has Wisdom butchered herself also. The character of words 1 Prov. ix. 2 :
Page 386 - Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner : but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God...
Page 96 - ... they think the Christians the cause of every public disaster, of every affliction with which the people are visited. If the Tiber rises as high as the city walls, if the Nile does not send its waters up over the fields, if the heavens give no rain, if there is an earthquake, if there is famine or pestilence, straightway the cry is, " Away with the Christians to the lion!