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NPNF1-01. The Confessions and Letters of St. Augustine, with a Sketch of his Life and Work by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
an, and Refers to His Conversion and Death, as Well as that of Nebridius. 5. Verecundus was wasted with anxiety at that our happiness, since he, being most firmly held by his bonds, saw that he would lose our fellowship.
Golden Legend, vol. 3 by Voragine, Jacobus de (1230-1298)
, and first of this word invention. The invention of the holy cross is said because that this day the holy cross was found. For tofore it was found of Seth in Paradise terrestrial, like as it shall be said hereafter, and also it was found of Solomon in the Mount of Lebanon, and of the Queen of Sheba in the temple of Solomon, and of the Jews in the water of Piscine,…
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 35: 1889 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"Until he finds it. And when he has found it. And when he comes home." Luke 15:4,5, 6. THE love of Jesus, the Great Shepherd, is very practical and active. There is a sheep lost and the Lord regrets it.
Little Book of Eternal Wisdom by Suso, Henry (c. 1296-1366)
. On The Immeasurable Joys of Heaven. Eternal Wisdom.—Now lift up thy eyes and see where thou dost belong. Thou dost belong to the Fatherland of the celestial paradise.
Rent Veil by Bonar, Horatius (1808-1889)
. There was no veil in Paradise between man and God. There were three places or regions; the outer earth, Eden, and "the Garden of Eden," or Paradise; but there was no veil nor fence between, hindering access from the one to the other.
Fountain of Life Opened Up by Flavel, John (1627-1691)
Sermon 32. The third of Christ’s last Words upon the Cross, illustrated. Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Philosophy of Revelation by Bavinck, Herman (1854-1921)
Lecture 7 - Revelation and Christianity The arguments for the reality of revelation, derived from the nature of thought, the essence of nature, the character of history, and the conception of religion, are finally strengthened by the course of development through which mankind has passed, and which has led it from paradise to the cross and will guide it from the cross to glory.
Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ by John of the Cross, St. (1542-1591)
STANZA XXIII Beneath the apple-tree There were you betrothed; There I gave you My hand, And you were redeemed Where your mother was corrupted. THE Bridegroom tells the soul of the wondrous way of its redemption and betrothal to Himself, by referring to the way in which the human race was lost.
History of the Origins of Christianity. Book IV. The Antichrist. by Renan, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892).
The times were strange, and perhaps the human race had never passed through a more extraordinary crisis. Nero was in his twenty-fourth year. The head of this wretched young man, placed by a wicked mother at the age of seventeen at the head of the world, finished by losing itself.
St. Anselm's Book of Meditations and Prayers. by Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109)
[§ 66.] Set as we are in the midst of snares, we all too easily grow cold and remiss in our longings after heaven. We have need, therefore, of some constant monitor, whose use shall be that when we have relaxed our efforts and lost ground, we may presently be roused from sloth, and may return to God, our true and highest good.