Select pieces in prose and verse [ed. by J. Bowdler the elder]. 2 vols [in 1].1820 |
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... • On Spiritual - Mindedness On Thankfulness On Prayer 229 • . 250 . 274 293 313 • 334 On Humility 358 • On the Epistle to the Philippians On the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper 379 387 VOL . II . a 2 SELECT PIECES IN PROSE . Α REVIEW OF MR .
... • On Spiritual - Mindedness On Thankfulness On Prayer 229 • . 250 . 274 293 313 • 334 On Humility 358 • On the Epistle to the Philippians On the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper 379 387 VOL . II . a 2 SELECT PIECES IN PROSE . Α REVIEW OF MR .
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... humility with which we should enter on a subject so awful and incomprehensible . Were the mysteries of the Eleusinian Ceres enveloped in dark- ness , and shall JEHOVAH be the subject of our petulant speculations ? Methinks the ...
... humility with which we should enter on a subject so awful and incomprehensible . Were the mysteries of the Eleusinian Ceres enveloped in dark- ness , and shall JEHOVAH be the subject of our petulant speculations ? Methinks the ...
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... humility . But why , it is said , all this disturbance about a trifling de- viation , where no moral evil can ensue ? -The ter rors of hell are sufficient whether they be infinite or not . I answer : why any deviation at all where the ...
... humility . But why , it is said , all this disturbance about a trifling de- viation , where no moral evil can ensue ? -The ter rors of hell are sufficient whether they be infinite or not . I answer : why any deviation at all where the ...
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... Humility , Disinterestedness , and Constancy . The first of these was so wrought into the tenor of his whole life , that every act , either directly or remotely , had a reference to the happiness of others . This , however , was not the ...
... Humility , Disinterestedness , and Constancy . The first of these was so wrought into the tenor of his whole life , that every act , either directly or remotely , had a reference to the happiness of others . This , however , was not the ...
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... humility of Christ which deserves attention . As he was without sin , he could not be sensible of that deep ... humility . Perhaps there is no Christian grace respecting which we are more apt to deceive ourselves , than humility . It is ...
... humility of Christ which deserves attention . As he was without sin , he could not be sensible of that deep ... humility . Perhaps there is no Christian grace respecting which we are more apt to deceive ourselves , than humility . It is ...
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Էջ 245 - He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Էջ 229 - For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding...
Էջ 201 - For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.
Էջ 327 - And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Էջ 285 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Էջ 316 - And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Էջ 115 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Էջ 204 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Էջ 228 - And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Էջ 73 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...