The fruits of reflection; or, Moral remembrances on various subjects, Volume 1P. Norbury, 1809 |
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... body , and com- prehends the interest of all mankind as far as possible ; and strongly marks the superiority of Christian morality over the dictates of human philosophy . It must be allowed that some shining precepts of virtue It 66.
... body , and com- prehends the interest of all mankind as far as possible ; and strongly marks the superiority of Christian morality over the dictates of human philosophy . It must be allowed that some shining precepts of virtue It 66.
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... mankind whenever duty , business , or necessity may call them . They also direct the mariner how to steer his vessel to the destined port . Neither doth the stars alone afford us light ; the moon delights our eyes by the softness of her ...
... mankind whenever duty , business , or necessity may call them . They also direct the mariner how to steer his vessel to the destined port . Neither doth the stars alone afford us light ; the moon delights our eyes by the softness of her ...
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... mankind hath God joined the different benefits in his works , and that in an uniformity which enhances the value of the whole . The sun serves to order the journies of travellers on land by one revolution in a year , but . the moon , by ...
... mankind hath God joined the different benefits in his works , and that in an uniformity which enhances the value of the whole . The sun serves to order the journies of travellers on land by one revolution in a year , but . the moon , by ...
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... mankind , and how poor and worthless : must that philosophy be , which wholly dis- regards those gracious ends of Providence ; and instead of ascribing the invaluable blessings we receive , to the wisdom of God , and his tender concern ...
... mankind , and how poor and worthless : must that philosophy be , which wholly dis- regards those gracious ends of Providence ; and instead of ascribing the invaluable blessings we receive , to the wisdom of God , and his tender concern ...
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... mankind , were they to multiply without restriction . They likewise fill the reser- voirs of such countries as have no springs , and supply our rivers with more water in one hour , than common showers can do in several months .. The ...
... mankind , were they to multiply without restriction . They likewise fill the reser- voirs of such countries as have no springs , and supply our rivers with more water in one hour , than common showers can do in several months .. The ...
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Page 17 - For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Page 85 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 24 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick or in prison, and came unto thee?
Page 56 - Whom call we gay? That honour has been long The boast of mere pretenders to the name. The innocent are gay — the lark is gay, That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest. The peasant too, a witness of his song, Himself a songster, is as gay as he.
Page 65 - Let there be light, said God ; And forthwith light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the deep ; and from her native east To journey through the...
Page 18 - To fly at infinite ; and reach it there Where seraphs gather immortality, On life's fair tree, fast by the throne of God. What golden joys ambrosial clustering glow In his full beam, and ripen for the just, Where momentary ages are no more ! Where time, and pain, and chance, and death expire!
Page 205 - That man is blest who stands in awe Of God, and loves his sacred law: His seed on earth shall be renown'd; His house the seat of wealth shall be, An inexhausted treasury, And with successive honours crown'd. 2 His liberal favours he extends, To some he gives...
Page 7 - I say the pulpit, in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar powers, Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause.
Page 23 - Then shall the righteous answer HIM, saying, LORD, when saw we THEE an hungred, and fed THEE ? or thirsty, and gave THEE drink? When saw we THEE a stranger, and took THEE in ? or naked, and clothed THEE ? Or when saw we THEE sick, or in prison, and came unto THEE...
Page 133 - And many monstrous forms in sleep we see, That neither were, nor are, nor e'er can be. Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind, Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind. The nurse's legends are for truths received, And the man dreams but what the boy believed.