A Commentary on the Song of Songs: From Ancient and Mediaeval SourcesJ. Masters, 1869 - 382 pages |
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... accessible supply the defect . The mystical exegesis , which is of the very essence of any true under- standing of perhaps the most difficult book in Scripture , was either quite foreign to the temperament and method of.
... accessible supply the defect . The mystical exegesis , which is of the very essence of any true under- standing of perhaps the most difficult book in Scripture , was either quite foreign to the temperament and method of.
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... true and clear meaning of the author . And yet these men ought to know that the holy Fathers , much their superiors in wisdom and spiritual insight , were they who placed this Book amongst the divine Scriptures , and approving it as ...
... true and clear meaning of the author . And yet these men ought to know that the holy Fathers , much their superiors in wisdom and spiritual insight , were they who placed this Book amongst the divine Scriptures , and approving it as ...
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... true to the animal and earthly instincts of its celebrated founder , has always been nearer the ground than any other large Christian community , and less capable of lofty spiritual views . The whole sect , in its three centuries of ...
... true to the animal and earthly instincts of its celebrated founder , has always been nearer the ground than any other large Christian community , and less capable of lofty spiritual views . The whole sect , in its three centuries of ...
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... true force of a statute . Here , then , is a book which has exerted an exceedingly marked influence in Chris- tendom ever since a Christian literature arose ; which has materially affected the whole range of ascetic theo- logy ; which ...
... true force of a statute . Here , then , is a book which has exerted an exceedingly marked influence in Chris- tendom ever since a Christian literature arose ; which has materially affected the whole range of ascetic theo- logy ; which ...
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... true author of a com- mentary of much interest which was originally printed under the name of his more eminent namesake and contemporary , S. Anselm of Canterbury . It has also been attributed to Hervé of Dol , and will be found often ...
... true author of a com- mentary of much interest which was originally printed under the name of his more eminent namesake and contemporary , S. Anselm of Canterbury . It has also been attributed to Hervé of Dol , and will be found often ...
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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.