st. john of damascus (676-749 - Cristo Raul
st. john of damascus (676-749 - Cristo Raul
st. john of damascus (676-749 - Cristo Raul
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than grayness <strong>of</strong> hair in forming an old man."<br />
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COMMENTARIES ON HOLY SCIUPTURE.<br />
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to you and what is the great my<strong>st</strong>ery you betoken.<br />
The whole world is<br />
put into your hands, ruled over<br />
by a htt e d.adem and a few rags. What is<br />
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above!<br />
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?ods? beneath fS<br />
y UrS also- Bec<br />
gods, then, he n ,f f I T<br />
may utter a bold expression, to<br />
beneath<br />
those<br />
you. The king s heart is in tke<br />
Lod.. han so d<strong>of</strong>tl J<br />
lt 1S wntten) and SQ we<br />
ye couriers also, who are about the<br />
palace and the throne, be not over-elated with you r<br />
ON OLD MEN, AND THE HONOUR DUE TO THEM<br />
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rise<br />
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, and honour the face <strong>of</strong> the old man i<br />
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~ The beauty f d "en ,s the gray<br />
Eccles. xxv., 6,-Sfuch experience is the crown <strong>of</strong><br />
old men, and the fear <strong>of</strong> God is their glory.<br />
St.<br />
(And ten other passages.)<br />
Basil.-"<br />
Maturity <strong>of</strong> judgment has more to do<br />
len^h<br />
m<br />
old not his<br />
ength <strong>of</strong> years, but by a praiseworthy and<br />
e with 7 V , SPCnt a 10ng Priod in this ol<br />
ife, Without goodness, they should rather be called<br />
Srth r n r r havin been trained - - S<br />
the hoary head. Old age is a haven with no<br />
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