英语词汇“there but for the grace of god go i”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. there but for the grace of God go I and variants: ‘it is only through God's grace or (in later use more generally) factors beyond my control that I have not suffered the fate of someone more unfortunate than myself’; typically expressing variously sympathy, understanding, or gratitude.The phrase has been attributed to a number of prominent Protestant writers of the 16th and 17th centuries, esp. John Bradford (c1510–55), but no written evidence of its use in this period has been found.

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1775 A. M. Toplady Free-will & Merit Examined 25 I have heard, or read, concerning that excellent Dignitary of the Church of England, Mr. John Bradford..that, one Day, on seeing a Malefactor pass to Execution, he laid his Hand to his Breast, and lifted his Eyes to Heaven, saying, ‘Take away the Grace of God, and there goes John Bradford.’]

1807 T. Brocas Universal Goodness iv. 23 Because they [sc. Calvinists] can find no scripture to countenance them in their pride, they generally quote some old John Bradford, who was used to say when he saw any one going to the gallows, ‘Ah! who has made me to differ? But for the grace of God, there goes John Bradford.’

1848 G. W. Bethune Hist. Penitent i. 10 Another good man, seeing a criminal carried past to the gallows, cried out, ‘There, but for the grace of God, go I myself.’

1889 Proc. Ann. Congr. National Prison Assoc. U.S. 1887 43 The saying has been ascribed to more eminent Christians than one, on seeing a man led to the gallows: ‘There, but for the grace of God, go I.’ By the grace of God he did not mean miracle, but a good home, a good education, good companions.

1892 A. Conan Doyle Adventures Sherlock Holmes iv. 103 I never hear of such a case as this that I do not think of Baxter's words, and say, ‘There, but for the grace of God, goes Sherlock Holmes.’

1907 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 60/2 Can any one of you at this moment say worse of me, the confessed lyncher, than, ‘There, but for the grace of God, goes myself’?

1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 27 Mar. 12/3 They look at South Africa and murmur, not unsympathetically, ‘There, but for the grace of God..’.

1993 N.Y. Times 14 Nov. e2/4 Some violent acts make one pause and say, ‘There but for the grace of God go I.’

单词	there but for the grace of god go i
释义	> as lemmas there but for the grace of God go I P2. there but for the grace of God go I and variants: ‘it is only through God's grace or (in later use more generally) factors beyond my control that I have not suffered the fate of someone more unfortunate than myself’; typically expressing variously sympathy, understanding, or gratitude.The phrase has been attributed to a number of prominent Protestant writers of the 16th and 17th centuries, esp. John Bradford (c1510–55), but no written evidence of its use in this period has been found. ΚΠ 1775 A. M. Toplady Free-will & Merit Examined 25 I have heard, or read, concerning that excellent Dignitary of the Church of England, Mr. John Bradford..that, one Day, on seeing a Malefactor pass to Execution, he laid his Hand to his Breast, and lifted his Eyes to Heaven, saying, ‘Take away the Grace of God, and there goes John Bradford.’] 1807 T. Brocas Universal Goodness iv. 23 Because they [sc. Calvinists] can find no scripture to countenance them in their pride, they generally quote some old John Bradford, who was used to say when he saw any one going to the gallows, ‘Ah! who has made me to differ? But for the grace of God, there goes John Bradford.’ 1848 G. W. Bethune Hist. Penitent i. 10 Another good man, seeing a criminal carried past to the gallows, cried out, ‘There, but for the grace of God, go I myself.’ 1889 Proc. Ann. Congr. National Prison Assoc. U.S. 1887 43 The saying has been ascribed to more eminent Christians than one, on seeing a man led to the gallows: ‘There, but for the grace of God, go I.’ By the grace of God he did not mean miracle, but a good home, a good education, good companions. 1892 A. Conan Doyle Adventures Sherlock Holmes iv. 103 I never hear of such a case as this that I do not think of Baxter's words, and say, ‘There, but for the grace of God, goes Sherlock Holmes.’ 1907 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 60/2 Can any one of you at this moment say worse of me, the confessed lyncher, than, ‘There, but for the grace of God, goes myself’? 1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 27 Mar. 12/3 They look at South Africa and murmur, not unsympathetically, ‘There, but for the grace of God..’. 1993 N.Y. Times 14 Nov. e2/4 Some violent acts make one pause and say, ‘There but for the grace of God go I.’ extracted from grace of Godn. < as lemmas
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