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Page 25 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house : but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the 2S2 THE MAN-GOD.
Page 203 - Farrer, and tell him he shall find \ in it a picture of the many spiritual conflicts that have passed \ betwixt God and my soul, before I could subject mine to I the will of Jesus my master: in whose service I have now found perfect freedom.
Page 35 - Look at the generations of old, and see ; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded ? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken ? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him...
Page 205 - I the unkind, ungrateful ? Ah my dear, I cannot look on thee. Love took my hand, and smiling did reply, Who made the eyes but I ? Truth, Lord, but I have marred them : let my shame Go where it doth deserve. And know you not, says Love, who bore the blame ? My dear, then I will serve. You must sit down, says Love, and taste my meat : So I did sit and eat.
Page 15 - Cant, Cloth-worship, or whatever ugly name it have, has gone about incurably sick ever since ; and is now at length, in these generations, very rapidly dying.
Page 25 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand...
Page 201 - When at his Induction he was shut into Bemerton Church, being left there alone to Toll the Bell, (as the Law requires him...
Page 45 - Sirs, it was for this that now I am come here. If I would have given way to an arbitrary way, for to have all laws changed according to the power of the sword, I needed not to have come here. And therefore I tell you (and I pray God it be not laid to your charge), that I am the martyr of the people.
Page 43 - I shall therefore speak a word unto you here: indeed I could hold my peace very well if I did not think that holding my peace would make some men think that I did submit to the guilt, as well as to the punishment ; but I think it is my duty to God first, and to my country, for to clear myself both as an honest man, a good King, and a good Christian.
Page 205 - Or starre, or rainbow, or a part Of all these things, or all of them in one ? My God, what is a heart...