Sermons and Other Practical Works: Consisting of Above One Hundred and Fifty Sermons Besides His Poetical Pieces. To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life and Writings with an Elegiac Poem, and Large Contents, 10. köideH. Mitchell, 1796 |
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... most antient and fublime piece of poetry in the world : the images are natural ; the arangement of its ideas is beautiful ; and the ftrain of piety which breathes through the whole , is truly evangelical . No fubject is more interefling ...
... most antient and fublime piece of poetry in the world : the images are natural ; the arangement of its ideas is beautiful ; and the ftrain of piety which breathes through the whole , is truly evangelical . No fubject is more interefling ...
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... most antient and fublime piece of poetry in the world : the images are natural ; the arangement of its ideas is beautiful ; and the strain of piety which breathes through the whole , is truly evangelical . No fubject is more interefting ...
... most antient and fublime piece of poetry in the world : the images are natural ; the arangement of its ideas is beautiful ; and the strain of piety which breathes through the whole , is truly evangelical . No fubject is more interefting ...
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... most elevated defcrip- tions of a mortal pen muft vail to it : and therefore , fays a celebrated writer , If any would attempt to be mafter of true eloquence , and aim at a proper ele- vation of ftile , let him read , with unremitting ...
... most elevated defcrip- tions of a mortal pen muft vail to it : and therefore , fays a celebrated writer , If any would attempt to be mafter of true eloquence , and aim at a proper ele- vation of ftile , let him read , with unremitting ...
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... most celebrated poem of this kind of verfe , is Milton's Paradife Loft . " In a fhort pre- face to which book of Milton's , I fee an encomium upon that kind of verfe that is written without rhyme , as is that of Homer in Greek , and ...
... most celebrated poem of this kind of verfe , is Milton's Paradife Loft . " In a fhort pre- face to which book of Milton's , I fee an encomium upon that kind of verfe that is written without rhyme , as is that of Homer in Greek , and ...
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... most modern writers in favours of rhyme , who will be acknowledg- ed , by all the readers of poefy , to be very competent judges . By the way , fuch as are ready to conceive prejudice at rhyme , in favours only of modifh blank verfe ...
... most modern writers in favours of rhyme , who will be acknowledg- ed , by all the readers of poefy , to be very competent judges . By the way , fuch as are ready to conceive prejudice at rhyme , in favours only of modifh blank verfe ...
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Page 170 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good, I find not. For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Page 185 - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of GOD, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven : if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
Page 252 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts : and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...
Page 192 - As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father ; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven : not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead : he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
Page 200 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Page 198 - And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not : behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Page 206 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Page 215 - This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.
Page 697 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 164 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.