The Penscellwood papers: essays by the author of 'Dr. Hookwell'.1846 |
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... observed that GOLDEN MEAN which is nicely and scrupulously to be observed in all matters that are of weight and moment , which it is very difficult for those who do aim at it always to compass , which none but very wise men do so much ...
... observed that GOLDEN MEAN which is nicely and scrupulously to be observed in all matters that are of weight and moment , which it is very difficult for those who do aim at it always to compass , which none but very wise men do so much ...
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... I have described as being spent in Penscellwood Church . He at once remembered it , and spoke of having observed me . " And , ah ! " he exclaimed , " that was a painful Sunday , indeed . It is one never to 10 THE PASTOR OF PENSCELLWOOD .
... I have described as being spent in Penscellwood Church . He at once remembered it , and spoke of having observed me . " And , ah ! " he exclaimed , " that was a painful Sunday , indeed . It is one never to 10 THE PASTOR OF PENSCELLWOOD .
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... - respondence with an end to be derived . For , as has been wisely observed , they accom- modate their operations and actions to times and circumstances ; they combine , they choose the favourable 18 THE PENSCELLWOOD PAPERS .
... - respondence with an end to be derived . For , as has been wisely observed , they accom- modate their operations and actions to times and circumstances ; they combine , they choose the favourable 18 THE PENSCELLWOOD PAPERS .
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... observation , assign to them in the great and diversified sphere of life , sensation , and intelligence ? " What is the barrier between men and brutes ? " asked John Wesley ; " what is the line which they cannot pass ? It was not reason ...
... observation , assign to them in the great and diversified sphere of life , sensation , and intelligence ? " What is the barrier between men and brutes ? " asked John Wesley ; " what is the line which they cannot pass ? It was not reason ...
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... observation . You know my noble dog , Boatswain , half Newfoundland and half retriever . Can you or I , for a moment , believe that he is driven by a mechanical necessity in all his ways and actions ? When , for instance , he hastens to ...
... observation . You know my noble dog , Boatswain , half Newfoundland and half retriever . Can you or I , for a moment , believe that he is driven by a mechanical necessity in all his ways and actions ? When , for instance , he hastens to ...
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Page 186 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 277 - Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses : but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Page 184 - And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet. The smiling infant in his hand shall take The crested basilisk and speckled snake, Pleased the green lustre of the scales survey, And with their forky tongue shall innocently play.
Page 128 - That we shall sincerely, really, and constantly, through the grace of God, endeavour, in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies...
Page 166 - And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 2 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Page 87 - We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
Page 166 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth ; both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 48 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever : nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Page 68 - The learned, the judicious, the pious Boerhaave relates that he never saw a criminal dragged to execution without asking himself: 'Who knows whether this man is not less culpable than me?' On the days when the prisons of this city are emptied into the grave let every spectator of the dreadful procession put the same question to his own heart.