Select pieces in prose and verse [ed. by J. Bowdler the elder]. 2 vols [in 1].1820 |
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Արդյունքներ 69–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... wisdom to anticipate the possibility of their failure . May the tranquillityof his future years en- able him to prove , what none who justly estimate his works can doubt , that the fulfilment of his pro- jects has been retarded by no ...
... wisdom to anticipate the possibility of their failure . May the tranquillityof his future years en- able him to prove , what none who justly estimate his works can doubt , that the fulfilment of his pro- jects has been retarded by no ...
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... wisdom , and enlargement of a philosopher , who could see no distinction between the blind bigotry of a popish establishment , and that pure , practical , and benign spirit which breathes through every page of the New Testament ? If ...
... wisdom , and enlargement of a philosopher , who could see no distinction between the blind bigotry of a popish establishment , and that pure , practical , and benign spirit which breathes through every page of the New Testament ? If ...
Էջ 65
... wisdom , in ancient days , reached a few of the more important of them . The evi- dences of revealed religion are open to many plausi- ble exceptions ; and its true meaning , its sublime doctrines , its spiritual precepts , its ...
... wisdom , in ancient days , reached a few of the more important of them . The evi- dences of revealed religion are open to many plausi- ble exceptions ; and its true meaning , its sublime doctrines , its spiritual precepts , its ...
Էջ 80
... wisdom or knowledge of every kind , however instantaneous its operation may appear when thus acquired . " Perhaps the process by which taste is originally formed , may be rendered more intelligible by consi- dering how any one acquires ...
... wisdom or knowledge of every kind , however instantaneous its operation may appear when thus acquired . " Perhaps the process by which taste is originally formed , may be rendered more intelligible by consi- dering how any one acquires ...
Էջ 109
... Wisdom , ac- tuated and guaranteed by the pity of infinite bene- volence ; a dispensation operating to our eternal benefit , not through our own sufferings , but through the perfect righteousness and atoning death of the Son of God ...
... Wisdom , ac- tuated and guaranteed by the pity of infinite bene- volence ; a dispensation operating to our eternal benefit , not through our own sufferings , but through the perfect righteousness and atoning death of the Son of God ...
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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...