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... imagination fet any bounds to it ? To return therefore , to my first thought . I could not but look upon myfelf with fecret horror , as a being that was not worth the fmalleft regard of one who had fo great a work under his care and ...
... imagination fet any bounds to it ? To return therefore , to my first thought . I could not but look upon myfelf with fecret horror , as a being that was not worth the fmalleft regard of one who had fo great a work under his care and ...
Page 82
... imagination to conceive the fearful effects of Omnipotence incenfed . 6 But I fhall only confider the wretchedness • of an intellectual being , who in this life lies under the displeasure of him , that at all times and in all places is ...
... imagination to conceive the fearful effects of Omnipotence incenfed . 6 But I fhall only confider the wretchedness • of an intellectual being , who in this life lies under the displeasure of him , that at all times and in all places is ...
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... imagination , he must conclude that we are a fpecies of the most obe- dient creatures in the univerfe ; that we are con- ftant to our duty ; and that we keep a steady eye on the end for which we were fent hither . And But But how great ...
... imagination , he must conclude that we are a fpecies of the most obe- dient creatures in the univerfe ; that we are con- ftant to our duty ; and that we keep a steady eye on the end for which we were fent hither . And But But how great ...
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... imagination as a kind of eternity , though in reality they do not bear fo great a proportion to that duration which is to follow them as an unit does to the greatest number which you can put toge- ther in figures , or as one of thofe ...
... imagination as a kind of eternity , though in reality they do not bear fo great a proportion to that duration which is to follow them as an unit does to the greatest number which you can put toge- ther in figures , or as one of thofe ...
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... imagination of created beings . 6 " 6 C It is very remarkable that this opinion of GOD Almighty's prefence in Heaven , whe- ther difcovered by the light of nature , or by ⚫ a general tradition from our firft parents , pre- vails among ...
... imagination of created beings . 6 " 6 C It is very remarkable that this opinion of GOD Almighty's prefence in Heaven , whe- ther difcovered by the light of nature , or by ⚫ a general tradition from our firft parents , pre- vails among ...
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Page 137 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 56 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 371 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Page 371 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 198 - In the next place, our critics do not seem sensible that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little genius who knows and observes them.
Page 55 - His substance is within the substance of every being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Page 57 - ... regard every thing that has being, especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their thoughts, and to that anxiety of heart in particular, which is apt to trouble them on this occasion ; for, as it is impossible he should overlook any of his creatures, so we may be confident...
Page 25 - Commodious manner, he marched off with it contentedly, being very well pleased that he had not been left to his own choice as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot.
Page 54 - ... capacities, as they are creatures, that is, beings of finite and limited natures. The presence of every created being is confined to a certain measure of space ; and consequently his observation is stinted to a certain number of objects.
Page 104 - I am got into quotations, give me leave to add the saying of an old philosopher, who, after having invited some of his friends to dine with him, was ruffled by his wife that came into the room in a passion, and threw down the table that stood before them; ' every one,' says he, ' has his calamity, and he is a happy man that has no greater than this.