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" For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthly tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things. "
The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ - Page 119
by Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine, Thomas A'Kempis - 2006 - 388 pages
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A Practical Treatise Concerning Humility: Design'd for the Furtherance and ...

John Norris - Christian life - 1707 - 440 pages
...what may have its proper diforder. By reafon of all which Difadvantages, the Corruptible Body preifes down the Soul, and the Earthly Tabernacle weigheth down the Mind that mufes upon many things. So that in (hort, the Body is with her an unfit Companion, and without her...
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A key to the Church-catechism, or The Church-catechism methodized and explained

Philo-Delphus (pseud.) - 1719 - 332 pages
...For the invifible Things of GCM;! from the Creation of the World are clearly feen, teing underftood by the things that are made, even thy Eternal Power and Godhead. The Heaven's declare thy Glory, 6 God, and the Firmament iheweth thy Handy Work. The fcarth fs full...
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Sermons preached upon several occasions [ed. by J. Calamy]. To which is ...

Benjamin Calamy - 1726 - 420 pages
...hinder it in all its Operations : The corruptible Body, as it is in the Wifdom of Solomon, preffeth down the Soul, and the earthly Tabernacle weigheth down the Mind that mufeth upon many things. Our dull, fluggifh, una&ive Bodies are often unable, often unready and backward...
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St. Augustine's confessions; or, praises of God, in 10 books. Newly transl ...

Augustine (st.) - 1770 - 470 pages
...thy imiiftble Tbings from the Creation of the World are clearly dearly difcovered, heing under flood by the Things that are made, even thy eternal Power and Godhead, Rorn. i. 2. For feeking whence it was that I approved of the Beauty of Bodies, whether heavenly or...
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Eight Discourses on the Connection Between the Old and New Testament ...

Charles Daubeny - Atonement - 1802 - 512 pages
...for the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices but uncertain. For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthly tabernacle weigheth down the mind, that museth on many things. Hardly do we guess aright at the things that arc upon the earth; and with labour do...
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Sacred hours; or, Extracts for private devotion & meditation, Volume 1

Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain. For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthly tabernacle...weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things. And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that...
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Sacred History, Selected from the Scriptures: With Annotations and ..., Volume 3

Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 pages
...the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain. For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthly tabernacle...weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things. And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that...
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Sacred history, selected from the Scriptures, with annotations and ..., Volume 3

Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 460 pages
...the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain. For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthly tabernacle weigheth down the mind that mu~ seth upon many things. And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour...
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The works of ... George Horne; to which are prefixed memoirs of ..., Volume 3

George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 600 pages
...after any such meal, feel the force and energy of the above-cited description—" The corruptible body presseth down " the soul, and the earthly tabernacle weigheth down " the mind." The heat and heaviness caused in the body by repletion, induce, for the time, an uneasiness and dulness...
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The Works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: To which are ..., Volume 3

George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1818 - 604 pages
...after any such meal, feel the force and energy of the above-cited description — "The corruptible body presseth down " the soul, and the earthly tabernacle weigheth down " the mind." The heat and heaviness caused in the body by repletion, induce, for the time, an uneasiness and dulness...
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