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" I should give my body to be burnt, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. "
The Scale of Perfection - Page 81
by Walter Hilton - 1870 - 296 pages
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Devotions in the Ancient Way of Offices: with psalms, hymns, and prayers ...

John AUSTIN (Roman Catholic Writer.) - 1706 - 662 pages
...and have not Charity, I am nothing. And tho' I beftow all my Goods to feed the Poor , and tho' I give my Body to be burnt, and have not Charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity fuffereth long, and is kind ; Charity envieth not, Charity vaunteth not it felf, is...
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The London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volume 4

1785 - 492 pages
...good in man, and all that is acceptable to God. " If (the Apoftle fays) I give all my goods fo feed the poor, and my body to be burnt, and have not charity, I am nothingf" — Is there (a perfon whofe views of charity are contracted by the vulgar acceptation...
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A History of the Churches in England and Scotland: From the ..., Volume 1

James Murray - 1771 - 520 pages
...enable us to abide it. Dr Smith was appointed to preach, and preached from thefe words : " If I " give my body to be burnt and have not charity, " it profiteth me nothing." He compared them to Judas, who hanged himfelf, and warned the people to beware of them in...
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The London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volume 4

1785 - 498 pages
...good in man, and all that is acceptable to God. " If (the Apoftle fays) I give all my goods to feed the poor, and my body to be burnt, and have not charity, I am nothing?" — Is there (a perfon whofe views of charity are contracted by the vulgar acceptation...
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Secret Journal of a Self-observer: Or, Confessions and Familiar Letters of ...

Johann Caspar Lavater - 1795 - 416 pages
...virtuous pedantry, body without foul. Though Though I bejlow all my goods to feed the and though I give my body to be burnt, and have not charity, it profiteth -me nothing. This is a favourite idea of mine which I wifh to reprefent to all my auditors, readers, and...
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The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord ..., Volume 9

William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 412 pages
...nothing. * Col. iii. 14. VIRTUE, VIRTUE, likewise, without it, is equally unprofitable : Though I give my body to be burnt, and have not CHARITY, it profiteth me nothing. KNOWLEDGE likewise without it is vain and brutal : Though I speak with the Tongues of men...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 28

Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 518 pages
...hishops Ridley and Latimer were brought to the stake, he preached a sermon on the text, " If I give my body to be burnt, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." This discourse, which lasted only about a quarter of an hour, was replete with invectives...
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An Exposition of the Liturgy, etc. Second edition

Peter GANDOLPHY - 1815 - 552 pages
...charity, I am nothing. And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burnt, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity is patient, is kind : Charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely: it is not puffed...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 28

Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 522 pages
...bishops Ridley and Latimer were brought to the stake, he preached a sermon on the text, " If I give my body to be burnt, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." This discourse, which lasted only about a quarter of an hour, was replete with invectives...
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Sermons Selected from the Works of the Most Eminent Divines of the 16th ...

Edward Atkyns Bray - 1818 - 458 pages
...have not CHARITY, / am nothing. VIRTUE, likewise, without it, is equally unprofitable. Though I give my body to be burnt, and have not CHARITY, it profiteth me nothing. KNOWLEDGE, likewise, without it is vain and brutal : though I speak with the tongues of men...
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