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Inc., 2007 M09 1 - 360 páginas For more than 200 years, Thomas Traherne's Centuries of Meditations was undiscovered and unpublished.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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... wise ; and it is a hard matter to persuade them either to Truth or Reason . There seemeth to be no way , but theirs : whereas God knoweth they are as far out of the way of Happiness , as the East is from the West . For , by this means ...
... wise ; and it is a hard matter to persuade them either to Truth or Reason . There seemeth to be no way , but theirs : whereas God knoweth they are as far out of the way of Happiness , as the East is from the West . For , by this means ...
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... wise and holy , divine and blessed . It will make us escape Hell and attain Heaven , for it will make us careful to please Him from whom we have received all , that we may live in Heaven . 51 Wants are the bands and cements between God ...
... wise and holy , divine and blessed . It will make us escape Hell and attain Heaven , for it will make us careful to please Him from whom we have received all , that we may live in Heaven . 51 Wants are the bands and cements between God ...
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... wise and good and holy . And when you delight in the same reasons that moved Him to will , you will know it . He willed the Creation not only that He might Appear but Be : wherein is seated the mystery of the Eternal Generation of His ...
... wise and good and holy . And when you delight in the same reasons that moved Him to will , you will know it . He willed the Creation not only that He might Appear but Be : wherein is seated the mystery of the Eternal Generation of His ...
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... wise , would we esteem this presence of the understand- ing , to be more real than that of our bodies ! When my soul is in Eden with our first parents , I myself am there in a blessed manner . When I walk with Enoch , and see his ...
... wise , would we esteem this presence of the understand- ing , to be more real than that of our bodies ! When my soul is in Eden with our first parents , I myself am there in a blessed manner . When I walk with Enoch , and see his ...
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... wise , and blessed as an Angel of GOD ! 63 Why , Lord Jesus , dost Thou love men ; why are they all Thy treasures ? What wonder is this , that Thou shouldst so esteem them as to die for them ? Shew me the reasons of Thy love , that I ...
... wise , and blessed as an Angel of GOD ! 63 Why , Lord Jesus , dost Thou love men ; why are they all Thy treasures ? What wonder is this , that Thou shouldst so esteem them as to die for them ? Shew me the reasons of Thy love , that I ...
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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.