The City of GodAeterna Press, 1950 - Всего страниц: 117 The glorious city of God is my theme in this work, which you, my dearest son Marcellinus, suggested, and which is due to you by my promise. I have undertaken its defence against those who prefer their own gods to the Founder of this city,—a city surpassingly glorious, whether we view it as it still lives by faith in this fleeting course of time, and sojourns as a stranger in the midst of the ungodly, or as it shall dwell in the fixed stability of its eternal seat, which it now with patience waits for, expecting until “righteousness shall return unto judgment,” and it obtain, by virtue of its excellence, final victory and perfect peace. A great work this, and an arduous; but God is my helper. Aeterna Press |
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... fear, In long array werestanding near.” In other words, theplace consecrated to so great a goddess was chosen, notthat from it none mightbeled out a captive, but thatinit all the captives might be immured. Compare now this “asylum”—the ...
... fear to give offence, lest they shouldinjure their interests inthose things which good men may innocently and legitimately use,—though they use them more greedily than becomes persons who are strangers in this world, and profess the ...
... fear than those to whom it was said through the prophet, “He is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.” For watchmen or overseers of the people are appointedin churches, thatthey may unsparingly ...
... fear of all? I am not unaware of the poorspirited fear which prompts us to choose rather to live long in fear of so many deaths, than to die once and so escape them all; but the weak and cowardly shrinking of the flesh is one thing, and ...
... Fear notthem which kill the body, but are not ableto kill the soul,” ifanything whatever that an enemy could do to the bodyof the slain could bedetrimental tothe future life. Or will some one perhapstake so absurd aposition as tocontend ...