The corruptible body is a load upon the soul, and the earthly habitation presseth down the mind that museth upon many things.
He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.
For the corruptible body is a load upon the soul, and the earthly habitation presseth down the mind that museth upon many things.
For the charity of Christ presseth us: judging this, that if one died for all, then all were dead.
But from out the damp grey distance rising, Softly now the storm proclaims its advent, Presseth down each bird upon the waters, Presseth down the throbbing hearts of mortals.
Through gloomy thickets Presseth the wild deer on, And with the sparrows Long have the wealthy Settled themselves in the marsh.
Hideous to behold is he on whom injustice presseth alone.
On your shoulders presseth many a burden, many a recollection; many a mischievous dwarf squatteth in your corners.
But ye know also that my happiness is heavy, and not like a fluid wave of water: it presseth me and will not leave me, and is like molten pitch.
The THOU is older than the I; the THOU hath been consecrated, but not yet the I: so man presseth nigh unto his neighbour.
Besides those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches.
This interpretation of the sentence is borne out in his allusion to "that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure; for thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
They may be said to come to Christ, but not to God by him, who do pick and choose doctrines, itching only after that which sounds of grace,12 but secretly abhorring of that which presseth to moral goodness.
So the apostle Peter presseth the example of Sarah upon all good women: "Whose daughter ye are (saith he) as long: as ye do well.
In the great name of Liberty each thirsty sword is drawn; In the great name of Liberty each tyrant presseth on.
Yet another and another is full boldly stormed and won, And forward to the spoiler's camp the column presseth on.
But then consider the equality of this obligation, for there is nothing pressed upon you but what lieth as heavily upon them that presseth it.
And some divine instinct so presseth me, That sore I tremble, till I set him free.
Hence that sentence of Scripture we quoted in a foregoing book, "For the corruptible body presseth down the soul.
For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthly tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things.
He presseth no husbandmen nor merchant; for the country is so populous that these being left at home the youth of the realm is sufficient for all his wars.
He presseth no husbandman, nor Marchant: for the Countrey is so populous, that these being left at home, the youth of the Realme is sufficient for all his wars.
Duke Theseus is at a window sette, Arraied right as he were a god in throne; The people presseth thitherward full soon Him for to see, and do him reverence, And eke to hearken his heste and his sentence.
When the Luxation is on the outside, and happens in the upper Ribs, the Patient's Hands are to be hoisted upon the top of a Door, to raise up the Ribs, whilst the Surgeon presseth the Prominence of the Rib to restore it to its place.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy handpresseth me sore.
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every manpresseth into it.
The metre might be restored by reading-- "And by the mould that pressethdown the skull Of my dead father, I will be revenged.
The corruptible body is a load upon the soul, and the earthly habitation presseth down the mind" (Wis.
The Bishop presseth us with a fourth argument,(173) taken from the calling of people in great towns from their ordinary labours to divine service, which argument Tilen also beateth upon.
Ask Holy Scripture: The corruptible body weigheth down the soul, and the earthly habitation presseth down the mind that museth upon many things.
Take away my earthly habitation which presseth down the mind that museth upon many things, so that, instead of many things I may be occupied with One Thing alone, and may praise the Lord!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "presseth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
