 | English essays - 1841 - 962 pages
...for vs as we doo, have doon, and wyl doo, for youe to oure lord Jhesw, who blesse v« alle. Amen.'1 But the axe was already laid at the root of the tree, and submission, whether feigned or conscientious, was too late. Syon was one of the first of the large... | |
 | Ernest Renan - Epiphany - 1864 - 334 pages
...a "great wrath," that is to say, terrible calamities which should come to pass, 2 and declared that the axe was already laid at the root of the tree, and that the tree would soon be cast into the fire. He represented the Messiah with a fan in his hand,... | |
 | Ernest Renan - 1864 - 332 pages
...a "great wrath," that is to say, terrible calamities which should come to pass,2 and declared that the axe was already laid at the root of the tree, and that the tree would soon be cast into the fire. He represented the Messiah with a fan in his hand,... | |
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Messianic hope, and that his principal action was in accordance with it. y'Repent," said he, "for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."l He announced a "great wrath," that is to say, terrible calamities which should come to pass, 2 and declared that the... 