| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Augsburg Confession by Philip Melanchthon: who believe that they are received into grace for Christ's
sake.
They condemn the Anabaptists and others who think that the
Holy Ghost comes to men without the external Word, through
their own preparations and works.
Article VI: Of New Obedience.
Also they teach that this faith is bound to bring forth good
fruits, and that it is necessary to do good works commanded by
God, because of God's will, but that we should not rely on
those works to merit justification before God. For remission
of sins and justification is apprehended by faith, as also the
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: Rhett, sometimes I did try so hard to be nice to people and kind to
Frank, but then the nightmare would come back and scare me so bad
I'd want to rush out and just grab money away from people, whether
it was mine or not."
Tears were streaming unheeded down her face and she clutched his
hand so hard that her nails dug into his flesh.
"What nightmare?" His voice was calm and soothing.
"Oh--I forgot you didn't know. Well, just when I would try to be
nice to folks and tell myself that money wasn't everything, I'd go
to bed and dream that I was back at Tara right after Mother died,
right after the Yankees went through. Rhett, you can't imagine--I
Gone With the Wind |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: "Sol, we'll have a drink pretty soon," he said, patting the splendid
neck.
Gale meant it. He would not eat till he had watered his horse.
Sol had gone nearly forty-eight hours without a sufficient drink,
and that was long enough, even for a desert-bred beast. No three
raiders could keep Gale away from that well. Taking his rifle in
hand, he faced up the arroyo. Rabbits were frisking in the short
willows, and some were so tame he could have kicked them. Gale
walked swiftly for a goodly part of the distance, and then, when he
saw blue smoke curling up above the trees, he proceeded slowly,
with alert eye and ear. From the lay of the land and position of
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson: vanity in dress, which she held as a reflection on herself.
(3)
(1) I am indebted for a sight of this book to the kindness of
Mr. David Laing, the editor of Knox's Works.
(2) SOCIAL STATICS, p. 64, etc.
(3) Hallam's CONST. HIST. OF ENGLAND, i. 225, note m.
Whatever was wanting here in respect for women generally,
there was no want of respect for the Queen; and one cannot
very greatly wonder if these devoted servants looked askance,
not upon Knox only, but on his little flock, as they came
back to England tainted with disloyal doctrine. For them, as
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