John Jewel
John Jewel
John Jewelwas an English bishop of Salisbury...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth24 May 1522
John Jewel quotes about
faults known
To maintain a fault known is a double fault.
philosophy dark astrology
Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark.
mind lowliness word-of-god
The word of God teacheth lowliness of mind; it teacheth us to know ourselves.
knowledge-of-god vices example
The word of God is full of sad and grave counsel, full of the knowledge of God, of examples of virtues, and of correction of vices, of the end of this life, and of the life to come.
beautiful giving heaven
Among all his creatures in heaven or earth, God hath not made any like unto the sun in the firmament, the beams whereof are beautiful and pleasant, and do give comfort in all places to all things.