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9.The relation of God to man: fatherhood, dependence and obedience
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 277The tragedy is pervaded by earnest sentiment of relations between God and men.read · scan
9a.God as father of men and their kinsman
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 362Lineage ends with Adam as son of God.read · scan
- p. 383God as Father who gives good gifts and the Holy Spirit to those who ask, more than earthly fathers.read · scan
Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of EpictetusVol. 2
- p. 120God is Father of men as well as gods; all humans are sprung from Him.read · scan
- p. 121–122God is Maker, Father and Kinsman of men; reasoning beings are joined to Him through Reason.read · scan
- p. 122Men are kinsmen of the Gods and their true kindred is divine.read · scan
- p. 128–129All men are God's offspring; men wrongly ask the gods for what they do not give despite many gifts.read · scan
- p. 141–142Asks who we are as His children and our relation to Him.read · scan
- p. 162God is Father of all men, who are bound to each other by kinship.read · scan
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus AureliusVol. 2
- p. 257–258Three relations: to the body, to the divine cause of all, and to fellow men.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 162–163God as Father, Guardian and all his good, present before he comes to Him.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 292God is the source of peace and deliverance, addressed as Father and helper.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 59Right thought begins with self and its Author and end; the world ignores this.read · scan
- p. 138God (Wisdom) formed man and communicated glory, then withdrew from him.read · scan
- p. 198Scripture quotations show God impartial, accepting strangers who love Him and not regarding persons or Abraham's lineage; He is Father and Redeemer.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 339God is parent of all; rebellion in children made a capital offense by God's law.read · scan
William Penn, More Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 393God made all nations of one blood yet ordered them in subordination.read · scan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient MarinerVol. 41
- p. 700–701God as loving Father and creator of all things; in loneliness at sea God seemed scarcely present.read · scan
William Ellery Channing, On the Elevation of the Laboring ClassesVol. 28
- p. 331The idea of God as Parent Mind and Father of our spirits is the grandest idea; a man's elevation is measured by his conception of Him.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 294–295Beatrice calls on God, whose image on earth is a father, and asks if he abandons her.read · scan
- p. 323Cenci invokes God as common Father and demands divine sanction for his curse; Beatrice sees a gulf of Hell between them.read · scan
Giuseppe Mazzini, Byron and GoetheVol. 32
- p. 395–396Peoples' rights are ordained by God for all his children.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1103–1105Man shares more with God who gives than with beasts that take; he trusts the Maker to complete him.read · scan
9b.Man as God's possession, servant and tenant
The Book of JobVol. 44
- p. 72Job worships: Jehovah gave and hath taken away; blessed be his name.read · scan
Plato, PhaedoVol. 2
- p. 49–50The gods are our guardians and we are their possession, so a man may not free himself.read · scan
- p. 50–51Man is God's possession and should wait until God summons him; the gods are the best of rulers.read · scan
- p. 77Socrates calls himself the consecrated servant of Apollo, going to the god after death.read · scan
Ecclesiastes; or, The PreacherVol. 44
- p. 341–342God gives riches and the power, or not, to enjoy them.read · scan
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 395–396Man cannot serve two masters, God and mammon.read · scan
Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of EpictetusVol. 2
- p. 118God speaks: the body and possessions are not ours, mere tempered clay, but He gave a portion of Himself.read · scan
- p. 167Everything is received from God, who brought us into the world and may reclaim what he gave; no repining.read · scan
- p. 167Wife, children and all belong to God who gave them; do not find fault with His terms.read · scan
- p. 181Dying man thanks God for faculties given, has not murmured or dishonoured Him, and returns all as God's.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 63–64God gave men the wit to search out nature; they should give themselves up to Him, the consuming fire.read · scan
- p. 191God alone is the true Lord who resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 294God gives and takes away; every good gift is from Him; He is just and to be praised.read · scan
- p. 317God as giver of all things, source of all good, to whom the servant owes everything.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 131–132God gave Launcelot beauty, strength, wit and discretion; he owes God love and dread and cannot prosper against Him.read · scan
William Harrison, A Description of Elizabethan EnglandVol. 35
- p. 241–242Fruits are blessings of God, to be used to his honour, lest they turn into punishment.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 308–309Anselmo acknowledges God's bounty and his inability to repay the gratitude owed.read · scan
Sir Walter Raleigh, Preface to the History of the WorldVol. 39
- p. 97God owes us nothing; Job's acknowledgment that the Lord gives and takes; complaining against God is folly or ingratitude.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkVol. 46
- p. 100–102Claudius says excess grief is a fault to heaven; Hamlet cites the Everlasting's law against suicide.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 359–361All possessions received as bounty from God, to be used to His glory.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 109–110The Gospel is the rule if applied to God; applied to oneself one usurps God's place.read · scan
- p. 153–154God must reign over all and be the source of wisdom; let him who glories glory in the Lord.read · scan
- p. 156God can justly destroy us; we deserve only his displeasure and can do nothing without him.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, LettersVol. 48
- p. 326–327Insists all good instruction comes from God alone, not from the human instrument, so thanks should not stop at men.read · scan
- p. 352God renders men faithful, unlike kings who merely find subjects faithful; men are infinitely indebted to him.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 319Men owe God a return for their time.read · scan
- p. 323We are only tenants at will of the great Lord of ourselves and the world.read · scan
- p. 326All we have is the Almighty's, and he may reclaim his own.read · scan
William Penn, More Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 374Man is not his own and misuses another's goods if he ignores dependence on God.read · scan
- p. 396–397We give only what God has given us to give; not our own.read · scan
George Berkeley, Three Dialogues Between Hylas and PhilonousVol. 37
- p. 274–275Creation shows dependence of all things on God, making men humble, thankful and resigned.read · scan
Thomas Carlyle, Sir Walter ScottVol. 25
- p. 410Men are created by and responsible to God.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, HeroismVol. 5
- p. 125Givers put God under obligation; the compensations of the universe are perfect.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1107–1108God the Potter moulds men; soul and God stand sure amid change; poet asks Him to perfect the cup.read · scan
Matthew Arnold, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1133–1134Good men are servants and sons of God; God marshalled mankind and gave it a goal.read · scan
Walter Bagehot, John MiltonVol. 28
- p. 197–198Mere power of creation gives no true claim to the obedience of moral beings; the belief that it does underlies idolatry.read · scan
9c.Submission to God's will and trust in him
See also: Liberty 2a
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 146–147The psalmist trusts Jehovah as shield and sustainer, calling on him to save him from enemies.read · scan
- p. 177The psalmist takes refuge in Jehovah as rock, fortress and redeemer, trusting him in distress and praising his goodness to those who fear him.read · scan
- p. 186Trust Jehovah, who upholds the righteous, laughs at the wicked and brings his purposes to pass.read · scan
- p. 197–199God is refuge and strength, a present help in trouble, so that believers need not fear cosmic upheaval.read · scan
- p. 208–210The psalmist trusts God, who never lets the righteous be moved, delivers his soul from death and is for him.read · scan
- p. 226–229God as rock, fortress, hope and lifelong trust; his righteousness and mighty acts are declared.read · scan
- p. 249Jehovah is sun and shield, giving grace and glory, and blessing those who trust in him.read · scan
- p. 259God as refuge, fortress and shield who delivers those who trust and know his name.read · scan
- p. 293Jehovah's enduring lovingkindness, his help and salvation, better to trust than man or princes.read · scan
- p. 322–323Jehovah as refuge and portion who knows the psalmist's path and delivers from persecutors.read · scan
- p. 324–325God as faithful, righteous, good in spirit; the psalmist's refuge and master.read · scan
Plato, The Apology of SocratesVol. 2
- p. 22–24He believes in gods in a far higher sense than his accusers and commits his cause to God.read · scan
Plato, CritoVol. 2
- p. 31–32He submits to death if such is the will of God.read · scan
Plato, PhaedoVol. 2
- p. 57–58Socrates refers to the gods and 'if God will' in the other world.read · scan
Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of EpictetusVol. 2
- p. 118God, to be obeyed, has entrusted man with himself and given rules for right use of the will.read · scan
- p. 119God's gift of the faculty is enough; be content and pray to the gods.read · scan
- p. 133–134The end is to follow God, who watches from above.read · scan
- p. 134Socrates accepts death if it is the will of God.read · scan
- p. 136Come to God as a guide without preference; nothing is better than God's good pleasure.read · scan
- p. 140Man must learn God's providence and nature and imitate Him as faithful, free and beneficent.read · scan
- p. 142–143Man should submit wholly to God's will, being of one mind with Him; Hercules obeyed God and was held God's son.read · scan
- p. 143The student looks to heaven as a friend of God, fearing nothing.read · scan
- p. 145–146Man should desire to be of one mind with God and never blame Him.read · scan
- p. 149Speaks to God, accepting His administration, thanking Him for being allowed to behold and comprehend His works.read · scan
- p. 150Say 'As God hath ordained, so do'; loss is failing what one should do.read · scan
- p. 164–165The good man fills his post with obedience to God, living or departing as God wills.read · scan
- p. 165Departure from life is like God's signal for retreat, not disobedience.read · scan
- p. 165–166Depart when the Commander sounds retreat, praising Him.read · scan
- p. 166–167The wise man attaches himself to God by willing what God wills and considering His administration.read · scan
- p. 167–168God does not want complainers at His feast.read · scan
- p. 168His true forefathers and country were the Gods, to whom he was obedient.read · scan
- p. 169Being a friend of God means willing obedience and valuing nothing He has not made one's good.read · scan
- p. 172Serve God as minister and attendant, holding the same desires and will as He.read · scan
- p. 179–180Submit to God's will, the Master of the ship.read · scan
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus AureliusVol. 2
- p. 229To live with the gods is to show the soul satisfied with its assignment and following the daemon Zeus gave each man.read · scan
- p. 233Trust in him who governs.read · scan
- p. 234One who wants such things finds fault with the gods.read · scan
- p. 247Follow God.read · scan
- p. 248If the gods do not care for me and my children, there is a reason for it.read · scan
- p. 252Obedience to God is within reach without dialectic or natural science.read · scan
- p. 257Refer whatever happens to the gods, the source of all things.read · scan
- p. 274Everything comes from the gods and is well for us, whatever pleases them.read · scan
- p. 274–275Wish to dwell in community with gods and men without fault-finding or condemnation.read · scan
- p. 278The aim is to accomplish the straight course through law and follow God.read · scan
- p. 296–297Man's power is to do only what God approves and accept all God gives.read · scan
Chapters from the KoranVol. 45
- p. 907–908The believer is bidden to rely on the mighty, merciful One who sees and hears.read · scan
- p. 924Joseph relies on God, who hears his prayer and turns away the women's wiles.read · scan
- p. 927–928Jacob relies on God as best of keepers; precautions avail nothing against God, judgment being His alone.read · scan
- p. 928–929Jacob and Joseph rely on God as knower, judge and comforter; none should despair of God's comfort.read · scan
- p. 933–934The believer entrusts his affair to God, who guards him and judges between servants.read · scan
- p. 962–963Believers should rely on God; if He helps, none can overcome them.read · scan
BeowulfVol. 49
- p. 15–18Beowulf commits the outcome to the Lord's doom; Hrothgar says God can turn the foe.read · scan
- p. 23Beowulf trusts the mercy of God and leaves the outcome to the wisest Lord; God has ever ruled mankind.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 15–16He commits his affair to God, whose decree none can avoid.read · scan
- p. 253Sailors submit to God's will: no strength nor power but in God.read · scan
- p. 407–409Ala-ed-Din, a believing Muslim, fears God, hopes in Him and sees the Ring's rescue as God's mysterious working.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 370–374Grace from a hidden fountain; God's will and the blessed's will are one in the Primal Good.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 238Trust in God and Christ who remain forever, unlike changeable men.read · scan
- p. 248–249God's grace and favour come and go by his will; hope rests only in his mercy.read · scan
- p. 266–267God gives and withdraws consolation as He wills; man's way is not in himself.read · scan
William Roper, The Life of Sir Thomas MoreVol. 36
- p. 114More says God makes him a wanton, sets him on His lap and dandles him, finding his prison no worse than home.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 191–192He bids his men give thanks to God for whatever happens, trusting in providence amid peril.read · scan
- p. 235–236The vision tells him his body is God's handiwork, and he should trust God's goodness.read · scan
- p. 236–237He relies on God's power, mercy and his own innocence, dwelling in delight on thoughts of God.read · scan
- p. 387–388Cellini trusts God, who loves truth, to protect him from dangers and enemies and sustain him with divine power.read · scan
Sir Walter Raleigh, The Discovery of GuianaVol. 33
- p. 303–304Leaves the enterprise to God's ordinance, who alone has power in all things.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 291Gloucester addresses the mighty gods, resigned to their opposeless wills.read · scan
John Milton, Poems Written During the Civil War and the Protectorate, 1642-1658Vol. 4
- p. 83–84God asked to avenge his saints; kingly, needs not man's work; his mild yoke is best served by patient waiting.read · scan
- p. 84–85Heaven ordains a time for things and disapproves care that refuses a cheerful hour; he does not argue against Heaven's will.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 155Adam praises the Creator as infinitely good and liberal, requiring only one easy service, obedience.read · scan
- p. 227Adam gives thanks to the infinitely Good and resolves to obey his sovereign will; knowing creation magnifies God's works.read · scan
- p. 319Adam submits to God's absolute decree, knowing prayer cannot change the will of Him who can do all things.read · scan
John Milton, Samson AgonistesVol. 4
- p. 415Samson wonders at divine promise and dispensation, refusing to quarrel with God's will though ends are beyond reach.read · scan
- p. 415Manoa trusts God can restore his sight and gifts.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 252Those who wait for the Lord shall not be ashamed; the nations shall know He is Lord.read · scan
- p. 253God protects and justifies his servant, who trusts Him against adversaries.read · scan
- p. 293God owes men protection from error and must fulfil his promises.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, LettersVol. 48
- p. 348–350Pascal urges recognizing and serving God in all things, and judging good and evil by God's will rather than our own.read · scan
John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning EducationVol. 37
- p. 42Following the light God has given, with hope of acceptance and reward.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 324Man will not obey God who made him though he demands obedience from others.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Profession of Faith of a Savoyard VicarVol. 34
- p. 264–266Addresses a righteous and merciful Deity, consistent with himself, and accepts his decrees.read · scan
John Woolman, The Journal of John WoolmanVol. 1
- p. 191God is the mighty Redeemer and unmoved rock; his eternal power and heavenly will are to be trusted and obeyed.read · scan
Edmund Burke, A Letter to a Noble LordVol. 24
- p. 406Burke submits to the Disposer's power and recognizes the Divine justice in his losses, comparing himself to Job.read · scan
Friedrich Schiller, William TellVol. 26
- p. 384–386Tell trusts in God and says it is better to fall into God's hands than into men's.read · scan
- p. 387She trusts God will favour the righteous cause.read · scan
William Lisle Bowles, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 682Consolation found in taking God as guide and the world as one's country.read · scan
William Ellery Channing, On the Elevation of the Laboring ClassesVol. 28
- p. 365–366Faith in a parental Providence and an Almighty Friend gives courage.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 69–70God is the only One who can and will assist the afflicted who trust Him.read · scan
- p. 210In fear he commends himself to God.read · scan
- p. 221–222The superintendent says he is in the hands of God and Ferrer; Ferrer invokes God's help.read · scan
- p. 413–414The Cardinal counsels trust that God will bring matters to their end, and whatever He wills is best for them.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 353Lucretia urges trust in God and Christ; Beatrice hopes she trusts God yet finds her heart cold.read · scan
George Long, The Philosophy of AntoninusVol. 2
- p. 342–343He rests in trusting God or the gods will do what is best for the universe.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, An Address Delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity CollegeVol. 5
- p. 26The end of creation is answered and God pleased when man loves the Right.read · scan
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 940–941Trusts that if God chooses she will love the beloved better after death; God gives his beloved sleep.read · scan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1056–1057He embraces the purpose of God and the doom assigned; God's just wrath will fall on a giant liar.read · scan
William Makepeace Thackeray, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1058–1059Submission to Heaven that gives and takes; God's inscrutable will over rich and poor.read · scan
- p. 1060Bow before the Awful Will; Christmas chorus of Heaven's glory.read · scan
Robert Browning, A Blot in the 'ScutcheonVol. 18
- p. 388Mildred feels God seems indulgent and dares trust her soul to him in sleep.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1082–1083Says God, not the world, will repay him and he is safer so.read · scan
- p. 1085He throws himself on God to perfect the earthen and give use to his earnings.read · scan
Ernest Renan, The Poetry of the Celtic RacesVol. 32
- p. 168Christianity's formula 'There is none greater than God' induces resignation and humility against pagan pride.read · scan
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1159–1161James resigns himself to God's inscrutable ways and trusts in Him.read · scan
Frank Aretas Haskell, The Battle of GettysburgVol. 43
- p. 377Gibbon tells his men all is in God's hands; he believes he is protected or not according to God's will.read · scan
9d.God as the end and only rest of the soul
See also: Happiness 7b · Desire 11a
The Book of JobVol. 44
- p. 105–106Eliphaz says God is not profited by man's righteousness, is high above the stars, and hears the returning penitent.read · scan
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 158Jehovah is the psalmist's portion, counsel and refuge, ever set before him; he prays for deliverance from the wicked.read · scan
- p. 172–173Jehovah is light, salvation and strength of life; the psalmist seeks his face and beauty.read · scan
- p. 217–218Soul thirsts for God; his lovingkindness is better than life; he is help and support.read · scan
- p. 232God is good to the pure in heart, judges the wicked, and is the psalmist's strength, guide and portion forever.read · scan
Plato, PhaedoVol. 2
- p. 72–73Pure soul goes to the good and wise God and dwells with the gods.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 5Augustine praises God's greatness, power and infinite wisdom, and says man was made for God and his heart is restless until it rests in Him.read · scan
- p. 15–16Addresses God as light of his heart and power of his mind, whom he failed to love.read · scan
- p. 30He longs for God as Righteousness and Innocency, in whom is entire rest and joy.read · scan
- p. 31Famine for the inward food of God, whose mercy sprinkled gall on sweetness.read · scan
- p. 52–53God is creator who fills heaven and earth; the soul finds rest only in Him, and His law is truth.read · scan
- p. 53–54God the Word calls the soul to return to rest; He alone abides forever while all else passes.read · scan
- p. 54–55God made all things and remains within and near them; rest is found only in Him.read · scan
- p. 97Only God gives rest to the restless soul that forsook Him and carries it through.read · scan
- p. 175–176He seeks God as the life of his soul, seeking a happy life.read · scan
- p. 177–178True joy is rejoicing in, of and for God, given only to those who love Him.read · scan
- p. 187God alone is the soul's good, creator of light; the true light is one and seen by all who love it.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 212No being can exist independent of the first, so none can hate God.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 289Innate thirst for God's realm draws them upward; Beatrice bids him thank God for reaching the moon.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 219God is the fountain of all good and the end and peace of saints.read · scan
- p. 237Seeking comfort from no creature, man enjoys God, who is all in all, to whom all things live and obey.read · scan
- p. 268–269God as supreme and final end and source of all blessings, to whom everything must be referred.read · scan
- p. 277–278God as the true peace and rest of the heart and the only comforter.read · scan
- p. 282–283God alone is the Most High, Almighty, all-sufficient, and the only true rest of the heart, above all creatures and gifts.read · scan
- p. 283–284God answers the humble soul's longing and comes to it.read · scan
- p. 298–299God is the believer's all, source of peace and joy; enjoyment of the Creator differs from enjoyment of the creature.read · scan
- p. 299God as everlasting light and ruler of the sea, sole refuge and helper.read · scan
- p. 334God is the end of all good and fulness of life; without him felicity is nothing.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 159–160God's grace is likened to a well that increases desire the more men seek it.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 233–234In the dark he meditates on God and on human frailty.read · scan
Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Doctor FaustusVol. 19
- p. 214–216Mephistophilis, having seen God's face, is tormented by loss of everlasting bliss.read · scan
George Herbert, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 345–346God withholds rest from man so that he seeks the God of Nature, not gifts.read · scan
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio MediciVol. 3
- p. 299–300Heaven is wherever God manifests Himself; the soul satisfied in its Creator is in Heaven; Moses' wish to see God was absurd.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 64Saints and God are happy without diversion.read · scan
- p. 136Only an infinite and immutable object, God Himself, can fill the infinite abyss of desire.read · scan
- p. 136–137Creatures have served as substitutes for God, our true good.read · scan
- p. 138We ought to love God, who is our true happiness.read · scan
- p. 154God alone is worthy of love and admiration.read · scan
- p. 157–158Thinking of God is hindered by innate temptations.read · scan
- p. 158–159If there is a God we must love only him, not the creatures of a day; the wise conclude not to delight in creatures.read · scan
- p. 161God cannot be the end if not the beginning; one source and one end of everything.read · scan
- p. 174The Christian God is the soul's only good and rest, making her love Him and abhor obstacles.read · scan
- p. 231God is man's only good, not a rich land; lust, not God, is man's enemy.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, Minor WorksVol. 48
- p. 385The soul, passing beyond heavens and angels, finds repose in God, nothing more lovely than the Creator, lost only by rejecting him.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 324–325God is the good man's beginning and end, Alpha and Omega.read · scan
William Penn, More Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 385Checks in worldly enjoyment keep us from forgetting the Giver; man's ultimate bliss is not here.read · scan
- p. 385Every worldly thing has a proviso: love God above all.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 364The Unnamed cries out for God; Federigo says God is felt in the restless heart and would be glorified by his conversion.read · scan
- p. 366–367He exclaims God is great and good; Federigo calls the joy a taste God gives to draw him to His service.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1065–1066Ends resting with God.read · scan
Walt Whitman, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1420–1421Old voyager's life and work are attributed to God, who lit his life; he clings to God at the end.read · scan
Sidney Lanier, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1392–1394The poet will build his nest on the greatness of God, whose greatness matches the range of the marshes.read · scan
9e.Divine commissions, vocations and guidance
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 22–23Heaven planted worth in him, so he fears no harm from Huan T'ui.read · scan
- p. 27He trusts Heaven to uphold culture and protect him from the men of K'uang.read · scan
Plato, The Apology of SocratesVol. 2
- p. 8The god of Delphi is invoked as a credible witness to Socrates' wisdom.read · scan
- p. 10Socrates serves the god, examining reputed wise men in vindication of the oracle.read · scan
- p. 17Socrates believes God orders him to philosophize and says he will obey God rather than the Athenians.read · scan
- p. 17His questioning mission is the command of God, and his service to God is the greatest good the state has had.read · scan
- p. 19Socrates is a gadfly given to the state by God, who cares for the Athenians.read · scan
- p. 21He says God imposed the duty of cross-examining pretenders to wisdom through oracles and visions.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Old AgeVol. 9
- p. 70–71Pythagoras forbids deserting life's post without the order of our commander, God.read · scan
Luke, The Acts of the ApostlesVol. 44
- p. 433Gamaliel warns that opposing a work of God means fighting against God.read · scan
- p. 435God speaks from the burning bush, declares himself God of the fathers, calls the ground holy and sends Moses to deliver his afflicted people.read · scan
- p. 441–442The Lord appears and calls Saul as a chosen vessel to bear his name to Gentiles and kings.read · scan
Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of EpictetusVol. 2
- p. 122–123God assigns each man his post and gives the signal for release.read · scan
- p. 133God summons man as witness; man should not dishonour his calling by complaining.read · scan
- p. 134–135God speaks through Epictetus and even through a raven; obey Him rather than lie under his wrath.read · scan
- p. 156–157One must be counselled by God to undertake the teaching office, as with Socrates.read · scan
- p. 157Undertaking the Cynic calling without God brings God's wrath; God is Lord of the World-city's household.read · scan
- p. 158–159The Cynic is sent as messenger of God to men.read · scan
- p. 159Act only after counsel with the Godhead.read · scan
- p. 160He serves as herald of the Gods.read · scan
- p. 161The Cynic is a friend and servant of God, sharing in the Supreme God's government, accepting His will.read · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 178A divine voice and a fiery cloud intervene to stop the brothers' fight and direct Bors to the sea.read · scan
- p. 184–185God guides events through voices and adventure, and Nacien cries to God when hurt.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 341God wrestles with Donne like the angel with Jacob and marks him with a blessing of obedience through mercy.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 342God calls Abraham and promises a nation and blessing to all nations through his seed.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise RegainedVol. 4
- p. 384God marks the just man and proclaims him to angels; Christ seeks not his own glory but the Sender'sread · scan
John Milton, Samson AgonistesVol. 4
- p. 414Samson is persuaded inwardly that God prompts him to go to the feast.read · scan
- p. 415Marriage urged as of God to begin Israel's deliverance; Chorus warns not to tax divine disposal.read · scan
- p. 415Manoa believes God restored Samson's strength for some great service and will restore his sight.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 251The Lord calls, strengthens and glorifies his servant, whose work is with Him.read · scan
John Woolman, The Journal of John WoolmanVol. 1
- p. 241God appoints his servants their respective employments and is good to those who serve sincerely.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-RelianceVol. 5
- p. 60Each represents a divine idea; God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.read · scan
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 930–931God's will devotes the poet to healing mankind with music, and her to wait on him.read · scan
Sir Archibald Geikie, Geographical EvolutionVol. 30
- p. 350–351Man is to be a fellow-worker with God in the physical and moral world.read · scan
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