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  • But he said, ‘I am a chattel and the Book enjoineth me to obey my lesser master.’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • “That in which Allah saith, ‘Verily, Allah enjoineth justice and the doing of good, and the giving unto kindred what shall be necessary; and He forbiddeth wickedness and iniquity and oppression’” 354 Q “Which is the most greedy?”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Suae erit humanitatis et sapientiae (which [3431] Tully enjoineth in like case) siquid erratum, curare, aut improvisum, sua diligentia corrigere.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • And what enjoineth even the highest still — to grow upwards? —

    Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none 2001

  • But so enjoineth their belief: “On your knees, up the stair, ye sinners!”

    Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none 2001

  • But whatever is done from these principles, and for these ends, is utterly foreign unto those good works which the gospel enjoineth as a part of our new or evangelical obedience.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • First, then, The first thing which the gospel enjoineth sinners, and which it persuades and commands them to believe, is, that salvation is not to be had in themselves, inasmuch as all have sinned and come short of the glory of God; nor by the works of the law, by which no flesh living can be justified.

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

  • He verily speaketh the truth and enjoineth upon His servants and His handmaidens that which will profit them in every world of His worlds.

    A Compilaton on Women Universal House of Justice

  • It enjoineth upon him to stay diligently there and zealously to persevere in these duties. '

    Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906

  • P: There is no good in much of their secret conferences save (in) him who enjoineth almsgiving and kindness and peace-making among the people.

    Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902

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