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Page 23 - ... for a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate, holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Page 7 - Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee ; and before thou earnest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Page 73 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him : for whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.
Page vi - I have to thank the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press for undertaking the publication of the work, as well as the staff of the Press in general for their skilled workmanship and for consideration shown in making corrections. JWHA ISLWYN ABERYSTWYTH Jm...
Page 6 - Priusquam te formarem in utero, novi te; et antequam exires de vulva sanctificavi te; prophetamque ingentibus posui te^.
Page 73 - Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us ; and let us run with patience the race which is set before us...
Page 73 - When they went from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people, 21 He permitted no man to do them wrong; yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes, 22 Saying,"Do not touch My anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.
Page 45 - God,1 placing in him his hope and rendering to the Lord who had given him all things, his dearest vows. For in Hexham, having obtained' an estate from the queen, St.
Page 37 - ... which the British clergy had deserted when fleeing from the hostile sword wielded by the warriors of our own nation. It was truly a gift well pleasing to God that the pious kings had assigned so many lands to our bishop for the service of God; these are the names of the regions : round Ribble and Yeadon and the region of Dent and Catlow and other places. Then, when the sermon was over, the kings started upon a great feast lasting for three days...
Page 36 - ea loca sancta in diversis regionibus, quse clerus Brytannus, aciem gladii hostilis manu gentis nostrse fugiens, deseruit. Erat quippe Deo placabile donum, quod religiosi reges tam multas terras Deo ad serviendum pontifici nostro conscripserunt ; et haec sunt nomina regionum juxta Rippel, et in Gaedyne, et in regione Dunutinga, et in Caetlsevum, in cseterisque locis." — Eddi, " Life of Wilfrid,