A Commentary on the Song of Songs: From Ancient and Mediaeval SourcesJ. Masters, 1869 - 382 pages |
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... flower of their spiritual life and beauty , not having spot , or wrinkle , or any such Nyssen . thing . And thus the words tell us of the early zeal of the Christian Church , when the memory of the Apostles was still fresh in the minds ...
... flower of their spiritual life and beauty , not having spot , or wrinkle , or any such Nyssen . thing . And thus the words tell us of the early zeal of the Christian Church , when the memory of the Apostles was still fresh in the minds ...
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... flower of the Church's bud , the glory and ornament of spiritual grace , the joyous disposition , the perfect and untar- nished work of honour and praise , the image of GOD answering to the holiness of the LORD , the more illus- trious ...
... flower of the Church's bud , the glory and ornament of spiritual grace , the joyous disposition , the perfect and untar- nished work of honour and praise , the image of GOD answering to the holiness of the LORD , the more illus- trious ...
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... flower of the day , Thou art in the fullest light clothed in the splendour of Thy Majesty . " Others will have it that the Church , in her clear brightness as the light of the world , is intended by the noon - day . For as she preaches ...
... flower of the day , Thou art in the fullest light clothed in the splendour of Thy Majesty . " Others will have it that the Church , in her clear brightness as the light of the world , is intended by the noon - day . For as she preaches ...
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... flowering shrub , ( though he prefers , after all , to follow the less correct rendering , ) they agree in taking botrus to mean a cluster of grapes , and the Latins , for the most part , suppose Cypri to denote the island of Cyprus ...
... flowering shrub , ( though he prefers , after all , to follow the less correct rendering , ) they agree in taking botrus to mean a cluster of grapes , and the Latins , for the most part , suppose Cypri to denote the island of Cyprus ...
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... flowering , from the verb Kupigw , and interpret the whole phrase , a grape in flower , i.e. , before the fruit is developed . " And this , " says Origen , " because those Origen . to whom the WORD is the True Vine , do not find Him ...
... flowering , from the verb Kupigw , and interpret the whole phrase , a grape in flower , i.e. , before the fruit is developed . " And this , " says Origen , " because those Origen . to whom the WORD is the True Vine , do not find Him ...
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Page 245 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 263 - I heard the voice of Jesus say, " I am this dark world's Light ; Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright." I looked to Jesus, and I found In Him my Star, my Sun ; And in that Light of life I'll walk Till travelling days are done ! H.
Page 191 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 257 - But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
Page 363 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 219 - But their minds were blinded : For until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament ; which vail is done away in Christ.
Page 115 - I made them lay their hands in mine, and swear To reverence the King as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ...
Page 99 - I will rise now, and go about the city In the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not.
Page xxiii - But Peter and John answered and said unto them; Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Page 201 - Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.