Sermons by the Late Rev. J. S. BuckminsterJ. Eliot, 1814 - 430 pages |
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... , containing passages not inferiour to the best in the present vol- ume , but which appear not to have been laboured throughout with equal felicity . One or two have 27590 been admitted , where the author , in some of.
... , containing passages not inferiour to the best in the present vol- ume , but which appear not to have been laboured throughout with equal felicity . One or two have 27590 been admitted , where the author , in some of.
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... appear always to have passed through and taken an original colouring from his own mind ; and he has adopted nothing , which he has not embellish- ed and improved . The sermons alluded to are those on faith , which bear some resemblance ...
... appear always to have passed through and taken an original colouring from his own mind ; and he has adopted nothing , which he has not embellish- ed and improved . The sermons alluded to are those on faith , which bear some resemblance ...
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... appears to have , in some degree , prepared for it . Powerful , however , as these considerations un- doubtedly are , they have yielded , in the present case , to a conviction of the very extraordinary merit of these discourses . The ...
... appears to have , in some degree , prepared for it . Powerful , however , as these considerations un- doubtedly are , they have yielded , in the present case , to a conviction of the very extraordinary merit of these discourses . The ...
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... appear scarce- ly credible to one , who did not know the rapidity , with which he looked through a book , and the al- most intuitive sagacity , with which he seized and retained all that was valuable in its contents . That what he read ...
... appear scarce- ly credible to one , who did not know the rapidity , with which he looked through a book , and the al- most intuitive sagacity , with which he seized and retained all that was valuable in its contents . That what he read ...
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... its appalling consequences , will appear by the following extract from his private journal , which I can scarcely transcribe without tears . October 31 , 1805 . " Another fit of epilepsy MEMOIR OF MR . BUCKMINSTER . xxiii.
... its appalling consequences , will appear by the following extract from his private journal , which I can scarcely transcribe without tears . October 31 , 1805 . " Another fit of epilepsy MEMOIR OF MR . BUCKMINSTER . xxiii.
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Page 165 - For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Page 411 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 264 - I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
Page 239 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 121 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page xxxvi - And this I pray, that your love may ab'ound yet more and more in knowledge and 'in all judgment, that ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 390 - How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign'd; 210 Labour and rest that equal periods keep; "Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep"; Desires composed, affections ever even; Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to Heaven.
Page 47 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 334 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 132 - For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.