Horne Lyrieae and Divine Songs ...: With a MemoirLittle, Brown & Company, 1854 - 348 pages |
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Page xxxi
... hear me , for the instruction of their minds , for the correction of their consciences , and for the persuasion of their hearts ? Be not fond of displaying your learned criticisms in clearing up the terms and phrases of a text , when ...
... hear me , for the instruction of their minds , for the correction of their consciences , and for the persuasion of their hearts ? Be not fond of displaying your learned criticisms in clearing up the terms and phrases of a text , when ...
Page xxxii
... hear , that you are speaking to them about things of infinite moment , and on which your own eternal interest lies as well as theirs . " If you pray and hope for the assistance of the Spirit of God in every part of your works , do not ...
... hear , that you are speaking to them about things of infinite moment , and on which your own eternal interest lies as well as theirs . " If you pray and hope for the assistance of the Spirit of God in every part of your works , do not ...
Page xxxiii
... hear you ? In the zeal of your ministrations , why may you not expect some bright and warm and pathetic forms of argument and persuasion to offer them- selves to your lips , for the more powerful convic- tion of sinners , and the ...
... hear you ? In the zeal of your ministrations , why may you not expect some bright and warm and pathetic forms of argument and persuasion to offer them- selves to your lips , for the more powerful convic- tion of sinners , and the ...
Page xliv
... his transactions with mankind . When , therefore , I hear men talk of the doctrine of reprobation with a special gust and relish , as a favourite , I can- not but suspect their good temper , and question whether xliv MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR .
... his transactions with mankind . When , therefore , I hear men talk of the doctrine of reprobation with a special gust and relish , as a favourite , I can- not but suspect their good temper , and question whether xliv MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR .
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... hear his name aloud Through the ethereal blue ; For when his chariot is a cloud , He makes his wheels of you . Thunder and hail , and fires and storms , The troops of his command , Appear in all your dreadful forms , And speak his awful ...
... hear his name aloud Through the ethereal blue ; For when his chariot is a cloud , He makes his wheels of you . Thunder and hail , and fires and storms , The troops of his command , Appear in all your dreadful forms , And speak his awful ...
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adore Almighty ALPHEUS FELCH angels awful bear behold beneath bless bliss blood breast breath bright charms cherubs Christ clouds command COMMON METRE darkness dear death delight divine dust dwell earth eternal everlasting eyes fair feet fire flame flesh glorious glory golden grace grief groans Gunston hand happy Hartopp heart heaven heavenly hell holy honour hosannas immortal immortal song infinite ISAAC WATTS Jesus joys King light lofty Lord lose my breath mighty mind mortal mourn muse NATHANIEL GOULD never numbers o'er pain passion Pindaric pleasure powers praise Psalms racter reigns rise roll round rove sacred saints Sarissa Saviour seas sense seraphic shining sight sing skies smile Socinianism song sorrows soul sound sovereign spirits stand stars Stoke Newington sweet tears thee thine things thou thoughts thousand thro throne thunder tongue Twas Urania Watts wind wings words
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Page lxxxvii - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 337 - Tis the voice of the Sluggard; I heard him complain, You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.' As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns his sides and his shoulders and his heavy head. 'A little more sleep, and a little more slumber...
Page xlix - As may express them best ; though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought...
Page 316 - LET dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so ; • Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too.
Page lxxiii - Give me the wings of faith to rise Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be. 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears; They wrestled hard, as we do now, With sins, and doubts, and fears.
Page 320 - How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...
Page 345 - Though he rose in a mist when his race he begun, And there followed some droppings of rain ! But now the fair traveller's come to the west, His rays are all gold, and his beauties are best ; He paints the sky gay as he sinks to his rest, And foretells a bright rising again.
Page lxxxiii - Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker...
Page 129 - Sweet was the journey to the sky, The wondrous prophet tried ; " Climb up the mount," says God, and " die ; " The prophet climb'd and died.
Page 139 - Lord, what shall earth and ashes do? We would adore our Maker too! From sin and dust, to thee we cry, The Great, the Holy, and the High.