Rights of God, Written for the Benefit of Man: Or, the Impartiality of Jehovah Vindicatedpublished for Johnston and Cooper, 1812 - 360 pages |
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... continually learning every art but the art of being happy . The earth every where produces abundance for man , while thoughtless , thankless . man , every where waters that same earth with the tears and blood of man , unhappy man ! It ...
... continually learning every art but the art of being happy . The earth every where produces abundance for man , while thoughtless , thankless . man , every where waters that same earth with the tears and blood of man , unhappy man ! It ...
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... continually fed ( like a hog feeding upon acorns , who never knows nor cares from whence they fall ) by the liberal hand of the Creator , and yet they infringe his rights , and counteract his excellent laws . Surely the oppressor thus ...
... continually fed ( like a hog feeding upon acorns , who never knows nor cares from whence they fall ) by the liberal hand of the Creator , and yet they infringe his rights , and counteract his excellent laws . Surely the oppressor thus ...
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... continually counteracting the gracious designs of his Creator . But will he always patiently endure this flagrant infringement on his rights ? it is impossible . We see him loading the most ungrateful rebels with blessings every day ...
... continually counteracting the gracious designs of his Creator . But will he always patiently endure this flagrant infringement on his rights ? it is impossible . We see him loading the most ungrateful rebels with blessings every day ...
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... continually teeming from our presses , how few do we find , exhibiting the excellency of the benefits of nature , and the deformity of man's ingratitude ! Where do we find an author , whose primary solicitude is to search after truth ...
... continually teeming from our presses , how few do we find , exhibiting the excellency of the benefits of nature , and the deformity of man's ingratitude ! Where do we find an author , whose primary solicitude is to search after truth ...
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... continually seeking novelties to procure them pleasure , and in so doing , render themselves miserable ; and the poor are often equally miserable , for the want of those novelties , because they suppose , very improperly , that they in ...
... continually seeking novelties to procure them pleasure , and in so doing , render themselves miserable ; and the poor are often equally miserable , for the want of those novelties , because they suppose , very improperly , that they in ...
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Page 173 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 253 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God...
Page 180 - And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 115 - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Page 175 - The next, with dirges due in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne ; Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 332 - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear...
Page 182 - And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place ; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool : 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts...
Page 285 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ? I beheld.
Page 318 - For He saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Page 176 - He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.