Meditations and Contemplations: In Two Volumes, Volumen 2John and James Rivington and J. Leake, 1748 |
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... present Age , and will transmit its Influence to Generations yet unborn . Are not all the Bleffings , which can indear Society , or render Life itself defirable , centered in our present happy Constitution , and aufpicious Government ...
... present Age , and will transmit its Influence to Generations yet unborn . Are not all the Bleffings , which can indear Society , or render Life itself defirable , centered in our present happy Constitution , and aufpicious Government ...
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... present themselves with the brightest Evidence ? Under the Sunfhine of Profperity they lay un- discovered ; but , when fome intervening Cloud has darkned the Scene , they emerge out of their Obfcurity , and even glitter upon our Minds ...
... present themselves with the brightest Evidence ? Under the Sunfhine of Profperity they lay un- discovered ; but , when fome intervening Cloud has darkned the Scene , they emerge out of their Obfcurity , and even glitter upon our Minds ...
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... present Duration little more than a Mo- ment ? O ! THOU GOD , " in whofe Hand my « Breath is , and whofe are all my Ways , " let fuch Sentiments as now poffefs my Thoughts , be always lively on my Heart ! These shall compose my Mind ...
... present Duration little more than a Mo- ment ? O ! THOU GOD , " in whofe Hand my « Breath is , and whofe are all my Ways , " let fuch Sentiments as now poffefs my Thoughts , be always lively on my Heart ! These shall compose my Mind ...
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... present State where Ignorance , in Part , cleaves to the wifeft Minds ; and Prejudice eafily be- fets the most impartial Judgments . It may alfo turn to our common Advantage ; and afford Opportunity for exercifing the healing Virtues ...
... present State where Ignorance , in Part , cleaves to the wifeft Minds ; and Prejudice eafily be- fets the most impartial Judgments . It may alfo turn to our common Advantage ; and afford Opportunity for exercifing the healing Virtues ...
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... present Conveniencies abfolutely precarious , our All in GoD's Hand , and en- tirely dependent on his good Pleasure ; yea for- feited , with every future Hope , by a Thousand aggravated Iniquities . - If we add the various Difafters of ...
... present Conveniencies abfolutely precarious , our All in GoD's Hand , and en- tirely dependent on his good Pleasure ; yea for- feited , with every future Hope , by a Thousand aggravated Iniquities . - If we add the various Difafters of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adore Æther alfo Almighty almoft amidſt Beams beautiful becauſe behold Bleffings cerned Charms chearful cife Circumftance confiderable Confufion Courſe Creatures Darkneſs Death deepeſt Defire Delight difcern Divine Divine Grace Duft Earth eternal everlaſting exerciſed exquifitely facred fame fays feems felves fhall fhining fhould filent Fleſh folemn fome foon fpeaks ftill fublime fuch fuffer fure Glory Grace Happineſs Heart Heaven higheſt Himſelf holy Honour immenfe infinitely Inftance inftead intirely invifible itſelf JEHOVAH juft laft leaft leaſt lefs Light loft LORD Love Luftre mighty Mind moft Moon Mortals moſt muſt myſelf Nature nefs Night noble Number obferve Orbs Paffage paffed Paffions Perfons Pfal pleafing pleaſed Pleaſure poffible Praiſe prefent Profpect Purpoſe Reaſon Reft Scene Senfe ſhall Skies Soul Spirit Stars ſuch Syftem Thee thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe Thou thouſand tion Tranflation univerfal vaft Weft whofe whole Wiſdom World
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Página 173 - And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: (as it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
Página 79 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Página 35 - Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour, till the evening ;" but then his strength fails, his spirits flag, and he stands in need, not only of some respite from toil, but of some kindly and sovereign refreshments.
Página 126 - When I measure them with my own little pittance, they swell into proud and bloated dimensions : but when I take the universe for...
Página 141 - By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; And all the hoft of them by the breath of his mouth.
Página 119 - The Planetary and Terrestrial Worlds. To us, who dwell on its surface, the earth is by far the most extensive orb that our eyes can any where behold : it is also clothed...
Página 246 - What, though In solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though nor real voice nor sound, Amid their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice ; For ever singing, as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Página 134 - Let there be light, and there was light " — let there be a firmament, and there was a firmament, cannot be communicated to children and believed by them, without producing a strong impression.
Página 167 - May boldly deviate from the common track ; Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part. And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Página 238 - ... that the soul of one virtuous and religious man is of greater worth and excellency than the sun and his planets, and all the stars in the world.