Sentence examples for gods to set from inspiring English sources

In Book IV Dido confesses her love for Aeneas, who (though he regrets his fate) is then forced by the gods to set sail again.

After Gavin Henson had thrown out a pass from the Gods to set up Welsh's own second try, the upstart Exiles finished cursing a baffling scrum decision that ruined a comeback charge.

When finished – as happens in Provence – with a dusting of icing sugar (ash) and grated chocolate (soot), it's a replacement for the Yule log, a slow-burning branch basted with grape-syrup – vin cuit – as a reminder to the careless gods to set the sap rising in the greenwood to encourage the return of spring.

"Because Alan Henning is not antagonistic towards Muslims, it is un-Islamic to kill such a person … Therefore I plead, I beg of you in the name of God to set this good Samaritan free".

Francis argued that Catholics outside of China now had "an important duty: to accompany our brothers and sisters in China" and recalled the example of Abraham, who was called by God to set out for an unknown land to receive his inheritance.

Within the limits of what it is to be human it is up to God to set the norm for human intelligence and prospects for happiness.

The Grand Design, part serialised in the Times, says there is no need to invoke God to set the Universe going.

David therefore does not address God as someone requesting his due, or as a semi-disinterested observer asking God to set the world right, but as a humble supplicant begging forgiveness and asking for God's pity.

In its latest pronouncement, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis - or Champions of Jerusalem - made no reference to its previous denial, but said Baghdadi had been chosen by God to set up a new caliphate.

We will also investigate both arguments for and those against the existence of God, both to set the context in which to evaluate the free will defense, and as independently important issues.

Finally, Newton's analysis of the mutual perturbations of the planets caused by their individual gravitational fields predicted the natural collapse of the solar system unless God acted to set things right again.