The Meditations of a Recluse: Chiefly on Religious SubjectsF. and C. Rivington, and W. Clarke, 1802 |
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... bring these visions nearer to our view ; we look upon them as a weary traveller on a delightful prospect ; we con- sider them as the last retreat of the afflicted , the abundant reward of virtuous and labo- rious exertion . Admire that ...
... bring these visions nearer to our view ; we look upon them as a weary traveller on a delightful prospect ; we con- sider them as the last retreat of the afflicted , the abundant reward of virtuous and labo- rious exertion . Admire that ...
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... brings happiness to itself , nor distributes it among its fellow creatures . These observations might be pursued , per- haps , through all the catalogue of human , virtues . It is the motive which ennobles the action . If that has no ...
... brings happiness to itself , nor distributes it among its fellow creatures . These observations might be pursued , per- haps , through all the catalogue of human , virtues . It is the motive which ennobles the action . If that has no ...
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... bringing me into captivity to " the law of sin , which is in my members . " This , I fear , is nature in her most common appearance . Is this then the state to which the wise and the good would wish to be reduced ? Is this the object of ...
... bringing me into captivity to " the law of sin , which is in my members . " This , I fear , is nature in her most common appearance . Is this then the state to which the wise and the good would wish to be reduced ? Is this the object of ...
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... brings under our observa- tion another description of deists , who through worldly motives mix with different societies of Christians , though it must be evident that they are totally destitute of all religion , whether it be ...
... brings under our observa- tion another description of deists , who through worldly motives mix with different societies of Christians , though it must be evident that they are totally destitute of all religion , whether it be ...
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... brings him to some sense of those important truths , which tender parental care , or friendly instruction , had placed before his early youth . The vision of a venerable parent , or sage preceptor , may , in some interval of intemperate ...
... brings him to some sense of those important truths , which tender parental care , or friendly instruction , had placed before his early youth . The vision of a venerable parent , or sage preceptor , may , in some interval of intemperate ...
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Page 193 - The depth saith, It is not in me : And the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Page 169 - Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things...
Page 189 - The powers of man : we feel within ourselves His energy divine : he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being ; to be great like him, , Beneficent and active.
Page 208 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 44 - Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present : and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wines and ointments : and let no flower of the spring pass by us : let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered...
Page 208 - O God, Thou art my' God; early will I seek Thee: My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; To see Thy power and Thy glory, So as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary.
Page 169 - But now ye also put off all these ; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds...
Page 199 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 30 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being His counsellor hath taught Him?
Page 212 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.