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... hope most Christians will think our author returns a liberal , and not a presumptuous answer , in supposing that the heathen will be judged according to the light which it has pleased God to af- ford them ; and that , infinitely less ...
... hope most Christians will think our author returns a liberal , and not a presumptuous answer , in supposing that the heathen will be judged according to the light which it has pleased God to af- ford them ; and that , infinitely less ...
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... hope , excuse my putting them down here : - " Thou mercenary renegade , thou slave , Thou ever changing still to be a knave ; What sect , what error , wilt thou next disgrace ? Thou art so lude , so scandalously base , That ...
... hope , excuse my putting them down here : - " Thou mercenary renegade , thou slave , Thou ever changing still to be a knave ; What sect , what error , wilt thou next disgrace ? Thou art so lude , so scandalously base , That ...
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... hope are only those of charity to mankind ; and such as my own cha- rity has caused me to commit , that of others may more easily excuse . Being naturally inclined to scepticism in philosophy , I have no reason to im- pose my opinions ...
... hope are only those of charity to mankind ; and such as my own cha- rity has caused me to commit , that of others may more easily excuse . Being naturally inclined to scepticism in philosophy , I have no reason to im- pose my opinions ...
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... hope the style of his epistles is not ill imitated here . The expressions of a poem , designed purely for in- struction , ought to be plain and natural , and yet majestic ; for here the poet is presumed to be a kind of lawgiver , and ...
... hope the style of his epistles is not ill imitated here . The expressions of a poem , designed purely for in- struction , ought to be plain and natural , and yet majestic ; for here the poet is presumed to be a kind of lawgiver , and ...
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... hope the best , But more the great apostle has exprest : That , if the Gentiles , whom no law inspired , By nature did what was by law required ; They , who the written rule had never known , Were to themselves both rule and law alone ...
... hope the best , But more the great apostle has exprest : That , if the Gentiles , whom no law inspired , By nature did what was by law required ; They , who the written rule had never known , Were to themselves both rule and law alone ...
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Page 440 - And down they sent the yet declaiming bard. Sinking he left his drugget robe behind, Borne upwards by a subterranean wind. The mantle fell to the young prophet's part, With double portion of his father's art.
Page 242 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 434 - Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years : Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he. Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day.
Page 120 - Tis true she bounded by and tripped so light, They had not time to take a steady sight ; For truth has such a face and such a mien As to be loved needs only to be seen.
Page 440 - In thy felonious heart tho' venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen iambics, but mild anagram. Leave writing plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province in acrostic land. There thou may'st wings display and altars raise, And torture one poor word ten thousand ways. Or, if thou wouldst thy diff'rent talents suit, Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
Page 153 - The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is faith.
Page 440 - Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy Tragic Muse gives smiles ; thy Comic, sleep. With whate'er gall thou sett'st thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite. In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram.
Page 153 - Gainst form and order they their power employ, Nothing to build and all things to destroy. But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. These out of mere instinct, they knew not why, Adored their fathers...
Page 147 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 153 - Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of bread and wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy writ ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.