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Page 67
... faith proposed Insulted and traduc'd , are cast aside As useless , to the moles , and to the bats . They now are deem'd the faithful , and are prais'd , Who constant only in rejectng thee , Deny thy Godhead with a martyr's zeal , And ...
... faith proposed Insulted and traduc'd , are cast aside As useless , to the moles , and to the bats . They now are deem'd the faithful , and are prais'd , Who constant only in rejectng thee , Deny thy Godhead with a martyr's zeal , And ...
Page 75
... faith . He might have adorned the senate , the bar , the altar . But alas ! his was a faith that saveth not . The gaming table has robbed him of it , and of all things else that is worth possessing . What a frightful change of character ...
... faith . He might have adorned the senate , the bar , the altar . But alas ! his was a faith that saveth not . The gaming table has robbed him of it , and of all things else that is worth possessing . What a frightful change of character ...
Page 77
... faith should be eternal Such was she then , all joy and hope , and generous credulity , the credulity that springs from honour and from innocence . And who could blame it ? You had a world to choose , and she was your selection - your ...
... faith should be eternal Such was she then , all joy and hope , and generous credulity , the credulity that springs from honour and from innocence . And who could blame it ? You had a world to choose , and she was your selection - your ...
Page 78
... faith of a Christian ; she had , it seems , in one little year , " outlived your liking , " and the poor , abandoned , branded , heart - rent outcast , must bear it all in silence , for - she was a defenceless woman , and a stranger ...
... faith of a Christian ; she had , it seems , in one little year , " outlived your liking , " and the poor , abandoned , branded , heart - rent outcast , must bear it all in silence , for - she was a defenceless woman , and a stranger ...
Page 81
... from their infancy their court a bagnio , their very churches scenes of daily assass na- tion ! their faith is form ; their marriage ceremony a mere mask for the 1 · most incestuous intercourses ; gold is the god 11 81.
... from their infancy their court a bagnio , their very churches scenes of daily assass na- tion ! their faith is form ; their marriage ceremony a mere mask for the 1 · most incestuous intercourses ; gold is the god 11 81.
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Page 85 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I observing, Took once a pliant hour; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Page 99 - The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me : give place to me that I may dwell.
Page 84 - Their dearest action in the tented field, And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious...
Page 85 - Took once a pliant hour; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels...
Page 96 - And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Page 100 - Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Page 101 - Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath. " That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us...
Page 68 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced — no matter what complexion, incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon...
Page 99 - For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
Page 99 - Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.