For the Oracles of God, Four Orations: For Judgement to Come, an Argument in Nine Parts |
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... amongst many , innocently handed to and fro , having no dis- tinction but that in which our mustered thoughts are enabled to invest them . The want of solemn preparation and cir- cumstantial pomp , the imagination of the mind hath now ...
... amongst many , innocently handed to and fro , having no dis- tinction but that in which our mustered thoughts are enabled to invest them . The want of solemn preparation and cir- cumstantial pomp , the imagination of the mind hath now ...
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... amongst us , and of the spirit and style in which it ought to be perused . And being conscious that we have many convictions , to express which chime not in with the temper of the times , and some sayings hard to be received by ...
... amongst us , and of the spirit and style in which it ought to be perused . And being conscious that we have many convictions , to express which chime not in with the temper of the times , and some sayings hard to be received by ...
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... amongst the green of earth , and the freshness of ocean , ye will undergo the change , will ye not for the rich contents of heaven ? And if at the command of law ye will , and if for gain the sailor will , and for honour the sol- dier ...
... amongst the green of earth , and the freshness of ocean , ye will undergo the change , will ye not for the rich contents of heaven ? And if at the command of law ye will , and if for gain the sailor will , and for honour the sol- dier ...
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... amongst the wise of this world's generation . Their knowledge alters not their hearts , but opening new fields for gratifying temper , gives strength to the evil as often as to the good of their na- ture , making them more powerful ...
... amongst the wise of this world's generation . Their knowledge alters not their hearts , but opening new fields for gratifying temper , gives strength to the evil as often as to the good of their na- ture , making them more powerful ...
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... amongst the people ; that if the contrary influences of religion do not counteract the poison , and build up the noble and generous parts of nature , the public charac- ter of the nation for truth and sincerity must fall away , and the ...
... amongst the people ; that if the contrary influences of religion do not counteract the poison , and build up the noble and generous parts of nature , the public charac- ter of the nation for truth and sincerity must fall away , and the ...
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Page 252 - And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter halt into life than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 16 - I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Page 135 - Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest; The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Page 209 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in : naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 209 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Page 126 - Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; And my delights were with the sons of men.
Page 192 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprisoned in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world ; or to be worse than worst Of those, that lawless and incertain thoughts Imagine howling; — 'tis too horrible!
Page 294 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Page 231 - Many will say to me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?" And then will I profess unto them, "I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Page 125 - But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God is for ever and ever ; a sceptre of .righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity ; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.