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... . So speaks Plotinus , the Platonic . But I better choose a Christian speaker . " Leave man , Angels , and heaven , " says Tauler , " and lay hold of the very essential good , the very essential The Two Mystical Roads . 9.
... . So speaks Plotinus , the Platonic . But I better choose a Christian speaker . " Leave man , Angels , and heaven , " says Tauler , " and lay hold of the very essential good , the very essential The Two Mystical Roads . 9.
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... Angels , and approach to the throne of God , stripping himself of everything human , in order to a most intimate union with God ? We have read and heard these things gladly , but to gird ourselves to such an arduous task , when human ...
... Angels , and approach to the throne of God , stripping himself of everything human , in order to a most intimate union with God ? We have read and heard these things gladly , but to gird ourselves to such an arduous task , when human ...
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... angelic exercise were set before all others , celebrated with wonder- ful praises . Its power of stimulating the soul , and of setting it in flames with a divine fire , is of such excellence , that if only this one exercise were fol ...
... angelic exercise were set before all others , celebrated with wonder- ful praises . Its power of stimulating the soul , and of setting it in flames with a divine fire , is of such excellence , that if only this one exercise were fol ...
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... angelic exercise of aspirations compensates for the continuousness of prayer . Aspirations are made in a moment and pass away , but their fruit endures permanently , and the prayer is continued by the continuation of a good desire ...
... angelic exercise of aspirations compensates for the continuousness of prayer . Aspirations are made in a moment and pass away , but their fruit endures permanently , and the prayer is continued by the continuation of a good desire ...
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... Angels . " They are called aspirations or breathings , because by them our souls breathe towards God , and God breathes favourably on our endeavours . And since , in aspiring towards God , we breathe nothing but God , therefore the ...
... Angels . " They are called aspirations or breathings , because by them our souls breathe towards God , and God breathes favourably on our endeavours . And since , in aspiring towards God , we breathe nothing but God , therefore the ...
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Page 157 - Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
Page 162 - And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
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Page 109 - I was in trouble. 13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices, with the incense of rams : I will offer bullocks and goats. 14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God : and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul.
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Page 218 - How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts: my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord.
Page 94 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
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