Thomas Fuller

All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.

All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.

Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee,
But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun
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Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee,
But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun
Thou springest from bondage and leavest behind thee
A name which before thee no mortal hath won.

It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring
considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.

It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring
considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.

Consider what two petitions Christ couples together in His prayer: when my body, which every day is hungry, can live read more

Consider what two petitions Christ couples together in His prayer: when my body, which every day is hungry, can live without God's giving it daily bread, then and no sooner shall I believe that my soul, which daily sinneth, can spiritually live without God's forgiving it its trespasses.

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, read more

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.