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Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of his name, yet our soundest knowledge is to know that we know him not as indeed he is, neither can know him; and our safest eloquence concerning him is our silence, when we confess without confession that his glory is inexplicable, his greatness above our capacity and reach.

HOOKER-Ecclesiastical Polity. Bk. I. Ch. II. 3.

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Could we with ink the ocean fill,

And were the heavens of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill,

And every man a scribe by trade;

To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry;

Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretch'd from sky to sky.

RABBI MAYIR BEN ISAAC. Trans. of Chaldee Ode, sung in Jewish Synagogues during the service of the first day of the Feast of the Pentecost. Given in the original Chaldee in Notes and Queries, Dec. 31, 1853. P. 648. In GROSE'S Olio. P. 292, and in Book of Jewish Thoughts. P. 155. Same idea in CHAUCER-Balade Warnynge Men to Beware of Deceitful Women. Also in Remedie of Love. See Modern Universal History. P. 430. Note. MISS C. SINCLAIR-Hill and

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Homo proponit et Deus disponit.
And governeth alle goode virtues.
LANGLAND Vision of Piers Ploughman. Vol.
II. P. 427. L. 13,984. (Ed. 1824) JOHN
GERSON is credited with same. Saying
quoted in Chronicles of Battel Abbey. (1066
to 1177) Trans. by LowER, 1851. P. 27.
HOMER-Iliad. XVII. 515. PINDAR-
Olymp. XIII. 149. DEMOSTHENES-De
Corona. 209. PLAUTUS-Bacchid. I. 2. 36.
AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS-Hist. XXV. 3.
FENELON-Sermon on the Epiphany. 1685.
MONTAIGNE-Essay. Bk. II. Ch. XXXVII.
SENECA-Epistles. 107. CLEANTHUS-Frag-
ment. CERVANTES-Don Quixote. I. 22.
DANTE-Paradise. VIII. L. 134. SCHILLER

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