Date: 1667
"Good Conscience on God it self can roul; / 'Tis Aquavitæ to the swouning soul."
preview | full record— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)
Date: 1667
"As a good Conscience; this is they say / A constant Feast; who hath a Conscience good, / Fares well although he have no other Food."
preview | full record— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)
Date: 1667
"The heart is Gods peculiar Cabinet, / And Satan knows not what is in it set"
preview | full record— Billingsley, Nicholas (bap. 1633, d. 1709)
Date: 1667
"For, though Man's Soul, and Body are not onely one natural Engine (as some have thought) of whose motions of all sorts, there may be as certain an accompt given, as those of a Watch or a Clock"
preview | full record— Sprat, Thomas (bap. 1635, d. 1713)
Date: 1667
"But to do this always, and never be able to write a line without it, though it may be admired by some few pedants, will not pass upon those who know that wit is best conveyed to us in the most easy language; and is most to be admired when a great thought comes dressed in words so commonly receiv...
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1667, 1710
"The Mind of Man is his Eye, by which he is to behold God; now if this Eye be blind, if the Light be Darkness, how great is that Darkness!"
preview | full record— Janeway, James (1636?-1674)
Date: 1667, 1710
"If we are not acquainted with God, our Souls serve us to little purpose: It is a causing the Prince, the Soul, to go on Foot, and to serve the Body, which should be as a Servant; it is to let the Candle of the Lord burn out in waste."
preview | full record— Janeway, James (1636?-1674)
Date: 1667, 1710
"And there are very few that have any true Kindness for it, and thou knowest not the Worth of that Jewel, thy Soul; but here, here's a Friend, if thou wilt but leave it with him, he will take care of it, it shall not be marted away for nothing."
preview | full record— Janeway, James (1636?-1674)
Date: 1667, 1710
"If therefore thou hast any Love for thy poor Soul, if thou settest any Price upon that precious Thing within thee; in a word, if thou wouldst have thy Soul do well in another World, O strike in here, close with these Tenders, listen to the Counsel of him who offers you the best Advice in the Wor...
preview | full record— Janeway, James (1636?-1674)
Date: 1667, 1710
"Thus a Child of God, if he loose his Estate, his Liberty, and all his outward Injoyments, he counts all these but inconsiderable, as long as his Soul is safe, his great Treasure is out of their Reach."
preview | full record— Janeway, James (1636?-1674)