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Alfred Anglo-Saxon appears authority become better body called cause character Christian Church civil common condition Court crime duty earth England English established evil existence fact faith fear feeling friends give hand happiness heart honour hope houses human hundred idea important individual institutions interest King kingdom labour land learned least less light live London look Lord March matter means mind nature never noble object once passed peace perhaps period persons political poor practical present principles progress punishment questions race Rate reason religion religious respect Saxon seems sense social society spirit streets thee things thou thought thousand true truth turn whole
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Page 119 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 155 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Page 41 - Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things ; not answering again ; not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Page 17 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me : and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me ; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 109 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 18 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Page 136 - And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Page 136 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness...
Page 178 - WE receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, * and do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the Devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end.
Page 41 - Sermons in stones, books in the running brooks, and Good in everything.