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1 Kings 22:27
And say, Thus said the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
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On Helping the Poor.
... flesh for the wild beasts, seeds for the birds, and suitable food for all ... book of
Kings, when he disobeyed God, and both "eat bread and drank water in the ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec i on helping the poor.htm

Letter xxii. To Eustochium.
... that he might bring them without their own knowledge to Samaria, notice the food
with which Elisha ordered them to be refreshed. "Set bread and water," he said ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter xxii to eustochium.htm

Antony, However, According to his Custom, Returned Alone to his ...
... with any other hermits, recollecting the spiritual food, he begged ... and having a
plentiful supply of water for watering ... year by year, he got his bread from thence ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/life of antony section 45.htm

The New Evangelism: and Its Relation to Cardinal Doctrines
... lumps is not natural, proper, assimilable food for the ... the comparisons between Himself
and bread, water, vine, wine ... Words which are windows and not prisons. ...
/.../berkhof/new evangelism and other papers/the new evangelism and its.htm

Heavenly Contemplation Exemplified, and the Whole Work Concluded.
... in thy prison of flesh, where Satan has been thy jailer, cares have been thy irons,
fears thy scourges, and thy food the bread and water of affliction ...
/.../the saints everlasting rest/chapter xvi heavenly contemplation exemplified.htm

Heavenly Contemplation Assisted by Sensible Objects, and Guarded ...
... in feeding upon Christ, the living bread,' and in ... highly, then, should I value this
never-perishing food! ... drink of that fountain of living water, which whoso ...
/.../the saints everlasting rest/chapter xv heavenly contemplation assisted.htm

Election and Ordination of Bishops: Form of Service on Sundays.
... who nourishes all that stand in need of food, and "fills ... the cup," and mixed it of
wine and water, and sanctified it ... For as often as ye eat this bread and drink ...
/.../constitutions of the holy apostles/sec ii election and ordination of.htm

Homilies on the Gospel of John.
... 260]78; changes men's disposition as the water at Cana ... on foot, [300]108; His
carelessness of food, [301]ib ... the Father, [389]160; in what sense the Bread of Life ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homilies on the gospel of.htm

Introduction to Oration ii.
... 2642] and the higher and more solid food, since their ... glad the heart of man, [2649]
with water, mix, that ... immature in mind, not even having bread and clothing ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/introduction to oration ii.htm

part ii
... earthly nothingness, with earthly allurements, with food, drink, dress ... When cotton
is not wetted with water it is ... Give us this day our daily bread [our bread ...
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