“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster? To see rare effects, and no cause ; a motion, without a mover ; a circle, without a centre ; a time, without an eternity ; a second, without a first : these are things so against philosophy and natural reason, that he must be a beast in understanding who can believe in them. The thing formed, says that nothing formed it ; and that which is made is, while that which made it is not, This folly is infinite.” ThinkingFirstsBelieveArtMadeReasonPhilosophyAbleEarthHeavenCausesUnderstandingNaturalChanceAtheismEffectsSkillsArt IsEternityInfiniteAtheistFoolishCirclesMade ItBeastFollyFabricCentreHeaven And EarthOysters Author:Jeremy Taylor
“The private devotions and secret offices of religion are like the refreshing of a garden with the distilling and petty drops of a waterpot; but addressed from the temple, they are like ram from heaven.” HeavenPrayerSecretOfficeGardenDevotionTemplesPettyRefreshingRams Author:Jeremy Taylor
“Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.” WorldMotherHeavenChurchCitiesMarriageSelf LoveKingdomsPreservesLove And Marriage Book:The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor ...: Sermons Source: The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor ...: Sermons
“It is not the eye that sees the beauty of the heaven, nor the ear that hears the sweetness of music or the glad tidings of a prosperous occurrence, but the soul, that perceives all the relishes of sensual and intellectual perfections; and the more noble and excellent the soul is, the greater and more savory are its perceptions.” SoulEyeHeavenGreaterPerspectivePerceptionIntellectualPerfectionEarsNobleGladSensualExcellentPerceiveSweetnessProsperousRelishTidingsSavoryEyes That See Author:Jeremy Taylor
“A good wife is heaven's last, best gift to man, - his gem of many virtues, his casket of jewels; her voice is sweet music, her smiles his brightest day, her kiss the guardian of his innocence, her arms the pale of his safety.” MenLastsHeavenVoiceVirtueWifeSweetArmsKissingSafetyInnocencePaleJewelsGuardianGemsGood WifeBest GiftHer SmileCasketsSweet Music Author:Jeremy Taylor
“God is everywhere present by His power. He rolls the orbs of heaven with His hand; He fixes the earth with His foot; He guides all creatures with His eye, and refreshes them with His influence; He makes the powers of hell to shake with His terrors, and binds the devils with His word.” GodHandsEyeEarthHeavenHellFeetInfluenceCreaturesDevilTerrorGuidesHis EyesShakesOrbs Book:The House of Understanding: Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Taylor by Margaret Gest Source: The House of Understanding: Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Taylor by Margaret Gest
