The Oracles of God: Four Orations. For Judgment to Come, an Argument, in Nine Parts |
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... judge from a va- cant face and an unawakened tone , and a facility of enduring interruption , it is often as truly inflicted upon the soul as ever penance was upon the flesh of a miserable monk . Or , upon another occasion , when one ...
... judge from a va- cant face and an unawakened tone , and a facility of enduring interruption , it is often as truly inflicted upon the soul as ever penance was upon the flesh of a miserable monk . Or , upon another occasion , when one ...
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... judge , when ye see the cold knife of the surgeon enter the patient's flesh , or the heavy wain grind onward to the neck of a fallen child . Despise pain , I wot not what it means . Bodily pain you may despise in a good cause , but let ...
... judge , when ye see the cold knife of the surgeon enter the patient's flesh , or the heavy wain grind onward to the neck of a fallen child . Despise pain , I wot not what it means . Bodily pain you may despise in a good cause , but let ...
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... JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS . TO THE REV . ROBERT GORDON , MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL , EDINBURGH . MY WORTHY FRIEND , THE design of the following Argument , which with all affection and esteem I dedicate to you , is to re- cover the ...
... JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS . TO THE REV . ROBERT GORDON , MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL , EDINBURGH . MY WORTHY FRIEND , THE design of the following Argument , which with all affection and esteem I dedicate to you , is to re- cover the ...
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... judge , is to have the eyes of his mind as much as possible unveiled from any prejudice , and the affections of his nature unrestrained by any ancient habit from moving with natural freedom to whatever may have charms in his eye . For ...
... judge , is to have the eyes of his mind as much as possible unveiled from any prejudice , and the affections of his nature unrestrained by any ancient habit from moving with natural freedom to whatever may have charms in his eye . For ...
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... Judge , and everlasting glory ; life would become full not only of good endeavours but joyful prospects , were men convinced and mindful of the last day , which is to sum up all the past and decide all the future of their existence ...
... Judge , and everlasting glory ; life would become full not only of good endeavours but joyful prospects , were men convinced and mindful of the last day , which is to sum up all the past and decide all the future of their existence ...
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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.