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... consider- able proficiency . Two years after this he left the university , only taking his degree of bachelor of arts , though of five years standing . In September , 1736 , he re- ceived deacon's orders from Dr. Potter , then Bishop of ...
... consider- able proficiency . Two years after this he left the university , only taking his degree of bachelor of arts , though of five years standing . In September , 1736 , he re- ceived deacon's orders from Dr. Potter , then Bishop of ...
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... consider it as a memento of his mortality , and suitably improve the providence . " How careful " ( said he ) ought we to be , to improve those years which remain at a time of life , when but " few can remain for us ! " - Dr . Stonhouse ...
... consider it as a memento of his mortality , and suitably improve the providence . " How careful " ( said he ) ought we to be , to improve those years which remain at a time of life , when but " few can remain for us ! " - Dr . Stonhouse ...
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... consider how these prin- ciples operated on his conduct ; which is the more proper , since they have been repeatedly charged as unfriendly to practical religion . But he found , says Mr. Romaine , " that the be- " lief of Christ's ...
... consider how these prin- ciples operated on his conduct ; which is the more proper , since they have been repeatedly charged as unfriendly to practical religion . But he found , says Mr. Romaine , " that the be- " lief of Christ's ...
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... have been the means of her conversion . 66 3. We come , in the last place , to consider Mr. Hervey as an author . Perhaps few writers ever estimated their own powers more justly . My friend ( said he to JAMES HERVEY , A. M. xvii.
... have been the means of her conversion . 66 3. We come , in the last place , to consider Mr. Hervey as an author . Perhaps few writers ever estimated their own powers more justly . My friend ( said he to JAMES HERVEY , A. M. xvii.
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... consider the nature of his compositions . In Meditations the tone of the mind is always some- what raised beyond its regular pitch , especially on divine subjects ; and the heart is exercised in admiration , gratitude , and praise . The ...
... consider the nature of his compositions . In Meditations the tone of the mind is always some- what raised beyond its regular pitch , especially on divine subjects ; and the heart is exercised in admiration , gratitude , and praise . The ...
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Page 16 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Page 62 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 90 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 30 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 303 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page x - He will, by and by, in his own good time, dismiss me from the body. These light afflictions are but for a moment, and then comes an eternal weight of glory.
Page 262 - It is observed by a very judicious writer, that if the sun himself, which enlightens this part of the creation, were extinguished, and all the host of planetary worlds, which move about him, were annihilated, they would not be missed by an eye that can take in the whole compass of nature, any more than a grain of sand upon the sea-shore.
Page 24 - How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. 2" 1 am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. " How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
Page 104 - And can he mix them with that matchless Skill, And lay them on so delicately fine, And lose them in each other, as appears In every Bud that blows?
Page 1 - I happened to alight at a considerable village in that county; where finding myself under an unexpected necessity of staying a little, I took a walk to the church.* The doors, like the heaven to which they lead, were wide open, and readily admitted an unworthy stranger. Pleased with the opportunity, I resolved to spend a few minutes under the sacred roof.