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Page 143 - And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
Page 173 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 42 - Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter : so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Page 9 - And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Page 30 - Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Page 14 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field : the wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. He watereth the hills from his chambers : the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
Page 49 - But now occurred a new misfortune, which caused me great mortification — namely, that the wood having failed me, I was forced to burn the palings which maintained the boundaries of my garden, 'which being burnt also, I was forced to burn the tables and the flooring of my house to cause the melting of the second composition. I suffered an anguish that I cannot speak, for I was quite exhausted and dried up by the heat of the furnace ; it was more than a month since my shirt had been dry upon me....
Page 86 - ... others were burnt, because they were composed of different materials, that were fusible in different degrees —the green of the lizards was burnt before the colour of the serpents was melted, and the colour of the serpents, lobsters, tortoises, and crabs, was melted before the white had attained any beauty.
Page 72 - by grace we are saved through faith ; and that not of ourselves ; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast?
Page 49 - I was forced to burn the palings which maintained the boundaries of my garden ; which being burnt also, I was forced to burn the tables and the flooring of my house, to cause the melting of the second composition. I suffered an anguish that I cannot speak, for I was quite exhausted and dried up by the heat of the furnace, — it was more than a month since my shirt had been dry upon me. Further to console me, I was the object of mockery; and even those from whom solace was due, ran crying through...