Centuries of MeditationsCosimo, Inc., 2007 M09 1 - 360 páginas For more than 200 years, Thomas Traherne's Centuries of Meditations was undiscovered and unpublished. The manuscript passed through many hands before finally being compiled into a book by bookseller and scholar BERTRAM DOBELL (1842-1914) in 1908. Centuries is a collection of poems written to express the rapture of life lived in accordance with God. Yet Dobell is careful to state that even though Traherne was a clergyman, there is plenty of beauty to be found in his poetry that does not require specific belief in Christianity or in God. Readers of many ages and persuasions will be touched by Traherne's passages on love and belonging.English author THOMAS TRAHERNE (1636-1674) received a master's degree in arts and divinity from Brasenose College, Oxford. He worked as a parish priest in Credenhill and wrote a handful of books, including Christian Ethicks (1675) and Roman Forgeries (1673). |
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... end of His desire in Creating it . II Love is deeper than at first it can be thought . It never ceaseth but in endless things . It ever multiplies . Its benefits and its designs are always infinite 7 THE FIRST CENTURY.
... end of His desire in Creating it . II Love is deeper than at first it can be thought . It never ceaseth but in endless things . It ever multiplies . Its benefits and its designs are always infinite 7 THE FIRST CENTURY.
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... endless depths lie in the Divinity , and in the wisdom of God , that as He maketh one , so He maketh every one the end of the World : and the supernumerary persons being enrichers of his inheritance . Adam and the World are both mine ...
... endless depths lie in the Divinity , and in the wisdom of God , that as He maketh one , so He maketh every one the end of the World : and the supernumerary persons being enrichers of his inheritance . Adam and the World are both mine ...
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... Endless , Eternal Delights are only fit to be its enjoyments . 20 a The laws of GOD , which are the commentaries of His works , shew them to be yours : because they teach you to love God with all your Soul , and with all your Might ...
... Endless , Eternal Delights are only fit to be its enjoyments . 20 a The laws of GOD , which are the commentaries of His works , shew them to be yours : because they teach you to love God with all your Soul , and with all your Might ...
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... That our treasures should be endless is an happy inconvenience : that all regions should be full of Joys : and the room infinite wherein they are seated . 38 You never enjoy the World aright , till you 24 CENTURIES OF MEDITATIONS.
... That our treasures should be endless is an happy inconvenience : that all regions should be full of Joys : and the room infinite wherein they are seated . 38 You never enjoy the World aright , till you 24 CENTURIES OF MEDITATIONS.
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... endless spaces . Its Sight is its presence . And therefore is the presence of the understanding endless , because its Sight is so . O what glorious creatures should we be could we be present in spirit with all Eternity ! How wise ...
... endless spaces . Its Sight is its presence . And therefore is the presence of the understanding endless , because its Sight is so . O what glorious creatures should we be could we be present in spirit with all Eternity ! How wise ...
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Sección 2 | 48 |
Sección 3 | 79 |
Sección 4 | 131 |
Sección 5 | 134 |
Sección 6 | 151 |
Sección 7 | 174 |
Sección 8 | 225 |
Sección 9 | 229 |
Sección 10 | 305 |
Sección 11 | 315 |
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Términos y frases comunes
admire Almighty amiable Angels beauty beloved blessed blessedness celestial Centre of Eternity Cherubims children of men Christian Cineas communion creatures Deity delighteth desire despised Divine doth endless enjoy the world enjoyment esteem Eternity everlasting evermore exalted excellent eyes Felicity fountain give glorious glory God's Godhead gold happiness hath Heaven and Earth heavenly Hell Holy honor Image infinite love infinite treasures infinitely delightful infinity Jesus Christ joys in Heaven King Kingdom light live Lord love unto lover loveth magnified maketh manner meditation miserable mysteries nature ness never object ourselves perfect perfect creature person pleasure praises precious principles prize Psalm rejoice riches righteous Saints satisfied Saviour shine Son of God soul Spirit stars sweet Temple thanksgiving Thine things in Heaven Thou art Thou hast thought Throne Thy love Traherne true glory unto Thee wherein whole world wholly wisdom wise wonder Zopyrus
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Página 153 - The corn was orient and immortal wheat, which never should be reaped, nor was ever sown. I thought it had stood from everlasting to everlasting. The dust and stones of the street were as precious as gold: the gates were at first the end of the world.
Página 218 - Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength : thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Página 128 - And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying ; Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints...
Página 128 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing.
Página 154 - And young men glittering and sparkling Angels, and maids strange seraphic pieces of life and beauty! Boys and girls tumbling in the street, and playing, were moving jewels. I knew not that they were born or should die; But all things abided eternally as they were in their proper places. Eternity was manifest in the Light of the Day, and something infinite behind everything appeared: which talked with my expectation and moved my desire.
Página 218 - The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
Página 210 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Página 208 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Página 128 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.