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... third heaven - to that darkness in which God dwells . I 2. But as I am so sunk in sloth of heart , and as carry about with me the images of this world's things , and cannot therefore rise to Him who has made darkness His hiding - place ...
... third heaven - to that darkness in which God dwells . I 2. But as I am so sunk in sloth of heart , and as carry about with me the images of this world's things , and cannot therefore rise to Him who has made darkness His hiding - place ...
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... third heaven ! The first in- deed are happy , who in their patience possess their souls . The second are more happy who of their own will confess to the Lord . The third are most happy of all . These , having , as it were , buried the ...
... third heaven ! The first in- deed are happy , who in their patience possess their souls . The second are more happy who of their own will confess to the Lord . The third are most happy of all . These , having , as it were , buried the ...
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... third is the curiosity of the understanding after matters of knowledge . The fourth is a dis- ordered love of temporal things . The fifth is a want of purity in works undertaken . The sixth is exterior occupations . Saint Bernard counts ...
... third is the curiosity of the understanding after matters of knowledge . The fourth is a dis- ordered love of temporal things . The fifth is a want of purity in works undertaken . The sixth is exterior occupations . Saint Bernard counts ...
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... third kind of union is common to all the good , who love God most ardently , but have not the gift of contemplation and mystical union . There is , therefore , a most blissful union , of a secret nature , the way to which is closed up ...
... third kind of union is common to all the good , who love God most ardently , but have not the gift of contemplation and mystical union . There is , therefore , a most blissful union , of a secret nature , the way to which is closed up ...
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... third is when the soul takes pleasure and delight in remain- ing alone , in a certain interior peace and quiet , with an amorous attention to God , but without any discursive act of her powers . Those who would safely pass from ...
... third is when the soul takes pleasure and delight in remain- ing alone , in a certain interior peace and quiet , with an amorous attention to God , but without any discursive act of her powers . Those who would safely pass from ...
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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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