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Then there came suddenly as it were a stroke upon the arm, so sore that the sword fell out of his hand, and he heard a voice that said, "O man of evil faith, wherefore believest thou more in thy armor than in thy Maker?" Then said Sir Launcelot, "Fair Lord, I thank thee of thy great mercy, that thou reprovest me of my misdeed; now see I well that thou holdest me for thy servant."
Were men to discover the motivating purpose of God’s Revelation, they would assuredly cast away their fears, and, with hearts filled with gratitude, rejoice with exceeding gladness. Know assuredly that just as thou firmly believest that the Word of God, exalted be His glory, endureth for ever, thou must, likewise, believe with undoubting faith that its meaning can never be exhausted.
"What dost thou want with it?" said the King's son. "I do not want the apple for myself," answered the giant, "but I have a betrothed bride who wishes for it. I have travelled far about the world and cannot find the tree." "I will soon find it," said the King's son, "and I do not know what is to prevent me from getting the apple down." The giant said, "Thou really believest it to be so easy!
For indeed this is the object of our creation and the sole purpose underlying every virtuous deed we may perform. Such is the bounty which God hath conferred upon us; verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Gracious. Know thou, that thou wilt succeed in doing so if thou believest with undoubting faith.
"If it be true!" resumed another; "believest thou, my lord, there is aught of hope to prove it false?" "More likely to be true than false," added Lancaster; "I can believe any thing of that dark scowling villain Buchan even the murder of his child."
Come, I'll ask thee another question: Wilt thou say that thou believest it, and that thou wouldst advise me to believe it, and put our lives into their hands upon these promises? D. I am not to be your adviser. W. Thou art perhaps afraid to speak thy mind, because thou art in their power. Pray, do any of them understand what thou and I say? Can they speak Dutch?
"God will accept the will for the deed. He is not limited to earthly means; and if thou truly repent of thy sins for the love of the Crucified, and believest in Him, all will be well."
God gave testimony of him by signs and wonders 'Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? Concerning Jesus, how he put himself upon the test among his adversaries. The Lord Jesus also putteth himself upon the test among his adversaries divers ways. First. For this he had a threefold proof 1.
How bitter, then, would be the hatred of Demetrius how dreadful would be the vengeance which he must crave against him whose lustful passion had led to the murder of Calanthe. Yes, Ibrahim, thy secret is now in possession of Nisida of Riverola; in the possession of that woman of iron mind and potent energy, and whom thou fondly believest to be deaf and dumb!
'Christian, believest thou, among the doctrines of thy creed, that the dead live again that they who have loved here are united hereafter that beyond the grave our good name shines pure from the mortal mists that unjustly dim it in the gross-eyed world and that the streams which are divided by the desert and the rock meet in the solemn Hades, and flow once more into one?
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