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Expositions of Holy Scripture: Psalms by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.’ —PSALM xxxii.
Sermons. Volume Third. by Manning, Henry Edward (1808-1892)
PHILIPPIANS iii. 20. “Our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body.” ST.
Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost by Owen, John (1616-1683)
Some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration, to endear our hearts unto him — His description, Cant. v., opened. To strengthen our hearts in the resignation mentioned of ourselves unto the Lord Christ as our husband, as also to make way for the stirring of us up to those consequential conjugal affections of which mention shall afterward be made,…
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
G E N E S I S CHAP. XXXI. Jacob was a very honest good man, a man of great devotion and integrity, yet he had more trouble and vexation than any of the patriarchs.
Exposition of Genesis: Volumes 1 and 2 by Leupold, Herbert Carl (1892-1972)
CHAPTER II 1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their host. Though the first word literally reads "and they were finished," yet the idea of retrospect involved in the verse was caught, very beautifully by Luther, who rendered "and" also; "thus" is an equally correct rendering of A.V.
Ascent of Mount Carmel by John of the Cross, St. (1542-1591)
CHAPTER XXII Wherein is solved a difficulty — namely, why it is not lawful, under the law of grace, to ask anything of God by supernatural means, as it was under the old law.
Story of a Soul (l'Histoire d'une Ame): The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux by Therese, of Lisieux, St. (1873-1897)
Dear Mother, God in His infinite goodness has given me a clear insight into the deep mysteries of Charity. If I could but express what I know, you would hear a heavenly music; but alas! I can only stammer like a child, and if God's own words were not my support, I should be tempted to beg leave to hold my peace.
Commentary on Isaiah - Volume 1 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
Isaiah Chapter 9:1-21 1. Nevertheless, the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
III.—Ascetic. (i) Of the works comprised under this head, the first are the three compositions entitled Tractatus Prævii. The first, Prævia Institutio ascetica (᾽Ασκητικὴ προδιατύπωσις), is an exhortation to enlistment in the sacred warfare; the second, on renunciation of the world and spiritual perfection,…
NPNF1-09. St. Chrysostom: On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Select Homilies and Letters; Homilies on the Statutes by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
ken captive. 1. Delectable indeed are the meadow, and the garden, but far more delectable the study of the divine writings. For there indeed are flowers which fade, but here are thoughts which abide in full bloom; there is the breeze of the zephyr, but here the breath of the Spirit: there is the hedge of thorns, but here is the guarding providence of God;…