... bitter laugh. It was his custom, too, as it has been that of many other pious Puritans, to fast, — not, however, like them, in order to purify the body and render it the fitter medium of celestial illumination, but rigorously, and until his knees... The Protestant Experience in Americaавтори: Amanda Porterfield - 2006 - 243 стор.Попередній перегляд недоступний - Докладніше про цю книгу
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...celestial illumination, but rigorously, and until his knees trembled beneath him, as an act of penance. He kept vigils, likewise, night after night, sometimes...upon it. He thus typified the constant introspection where with he tortured, but could not purify, himself. In these lengthened vigils, his brain often... | |
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...celestial illumination, — but rigorously, and until his knees trembled beneath him, as an act of penance. He kept vigils, likewise, night after night, sometimes in utter darkness; sometimes \vith a glimmering lamp; and sometimes, viewing his own face in a looking-glass, by the most powerful... | |
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...night after night, sometimes in utter darkness ; and sometimes viewing his own face in a looking glass, by the most powerful light which he could throw upon...wherewith he tortured, but could not purify, himself." 26 " To the untrue man, the whole universe is false - it is impalpable - it shrinks to nothing within... | |
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