Reflections on the Works of God in Nature and Providence: For Every Day in the Year, Volume 1Richard Edwards, 1810 - Devotional exercises |
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... come , be more attentive to , and more sensible of them ! Henceforward , during this cold sea- son , when we feel the sweet influence of the fire , when covered with warm garments , or when we go to our couch to seek the refreshment of ...
... come , be more attentive to , and more sensible of them ! Henceforward , during this cold sea- son , when we feel the sweet influence of the fire , when covered with warm garments , or when we go to our couch to seek the refreshment of ...
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... comes when he is to go to a tumultuous company , unless the noisy circle is to assemble at his own house . He then falls to play : and for the first time since the rising of the sun , he shews that he is endowed with a soul ; and with ...
... comes when he is to go to a tumultuous company , unless the noisy circle is to assemble at his own house . He then falls to play : and for the first time since the rising of the sun , he shews that he is endowed with a soul ; and with ...
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... the appearance of Nature in winter be not pleasing to you , I am afraid that spring itself , with all its charms , will find you equally insensible . Come ye The Charms of Winter . who reverence your Maker , 20 JANUARY VII .
... the appearance of Nature in winter be not pleasing to you , I am afraid that spring itself , with all its charms , will find you equally insensible . Come ye The Charms of Winter . who reverence your Maker , 20 JANUARY VII .
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... comes from causes purely natural . Sleep has two ap- pearances , under which it may be considered : on the one hand , there is nothing found in it that does not necessarily result from our nature : and , on the other , there is ...
... comes from causes purely natural . Sleep has two ap- pearances , under which it may be considered : on the one hand , there is nothing found in it that does not necessarily result from our nature : and , on the other , there is ...
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... comes to seize upon you : -that very attention will be an obsta- cle to its approach ; nor can you fall asleep , till the idea be completely dissipated . Sleep comes without being called for ; it is the only change in our mode of ...
... comes to seize upon you : -that very attention will be an obsta- cle to its approach ; nor can you fall asleep , till the idea be completely dissipated . Sleep comes without being called for ; it is the only change in our mode of ...
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Page 57 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 7 - I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant ; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan ; and now I am become two bands.
Page 57 - Bless the LORD, O my soul. PSALM 104 BLESS the LORD, 0 my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great ; Thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
Page 58 - He layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: he maketh the clouds his chariot : he walketh upon the wings of the wind : He maketh the winds his angels; flames of fire his ministers.
Page 31 - ... so shall My word be that goeth forth out of my mouth ; it shall not return unto me void but shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in • the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 262 - The Family Instructor; in Two Parts. 1. Relating to Family Breaches, and their obstructing Religious Duties. 2. To the great Mistake of mixing the Passions in the managing and correcting of Children. With a great variety of Cases relating to setting ill Examples to Children and Servants.
Page 239 - What has been will be, and what has been done will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.
Page 57 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone ; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their hosts, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Page 262 - Reflections upon the Books of the Holy Scripture to establish the Truth of the Christian Religion,' two vols, (the first published in French, 1687, the second in English, 1688).
Page 98 - ... the faults and transgressions of my youth ! According to thy mercy remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O LORD ! 8 Good and righteous is the LORD ; Therefore showeth he to sinners the way.