True rev'rence is, as
Cassiodore
doth prove,
The fear of God commix'd with cleanly love.
The fear of God commix'd with cleanly love.
Robert Herrick
God hides from man the reck'ning day, that he
May fear it ever for uncertainty;
That being ignorant of that one, he may
Expect the coming of it every day.
143. ANGELS.
Angels are called gods; yet of them, none
Are gods but by participation:
As just men are entitled gods, yet none
Are gods of them but by adoption.
144. LONG LIFE.
The longer thread of life we spin,
The more occasion still to sin.
145. TEARS.
The tears of saints more sweet by far
Than all the songs of sinners are.
146. MANNA.
That manna, which God on His people cast,
Fitted itself to ev'ry feeder's taste.
147. REVERENCE.
True rev'rence is, as Cassiodore doth prove,
The fear of God commix'd with cleanly love.
_Cassiodore_, Marcus Aurelius Cassiodorus, theologian and statesman
497-575?
148. MERCY.
Mercy, the wise Athenians held to be
Not an affection, but a deity.
149. WAGES.
After this life, the wages shall
Not shared alike be unto all.
150. TEMPTATION.
God tempteth no one, as St. Austin saith,
For any ill, but for the proof of faith;
Unto temptation God exposeth some,
But none of purpose to be overcome.
151. GOD'S HANDS.
God's hands are round and smooth, that gifts may fall
Freely from them and hold none back at all.
152.
