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... regard to religion , than in some of his former works . There is an admission , that " his Puritan is faintly traced to his Cameronian " -a poor apology for his unrighteous treatment of the patriotic and persecuted covenanters . The ...
... regard to religion , than in some of his former works . There is an admission , that " his Puritan is faintly traced to his Cameronian " -a poor apology for his unrighteous treatment of the patriotic and persecuted covenanters . The ...
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... regards the malignity of the intention ; but the effect of ridicule is much the same , whether it be aimed at the doctrine , or at the phrase . It is only a more decent way of exploding the thing . With how keen a relish for the ...
... regards the malignity of the intention ; but the effect of ridicule is much the same , whether it be aimed at the doctrine , or at the phrase . It is only a more decent way of exploding the thing . With how keen a relish for the ...
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... regards the National Church , how- ever , little obscurity hangs over them . The Act of Uniformity and the Test Act were followed by their natural consequences : they were the triumph of high - church intolerance , and they issued , as ...
... regards the National Church , how- ever , little obscurity hangs over them . The Act of Uniformity and the Test Act were followed by their natural consequences : they were the triumph of high - church intolerance , and they issued , as ...
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... regard to the growing prosperity of the Church , or the increase of Dissenters , may be summed up in this ; whether that effective pulpit instruction which is found to lay hold of the attention and affections of the people , and to ...
... regard to the growing prosperity of the Church , or the increase of Dissenters , may be summed up in this ; whether that effective pulpit instruction which is found to lay hold of the attention and affections of the people , and to ...
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... regard to the arrange- ment of the extracts , as they now stand , it will be obvious , that their place in the volume was necessarily regulated by the principal sub- ject on which they touched ; and that it would have been impossible ...
... regard to the arrange- ment of the extracts , as they now stand , it will be obvious , that their place in the volume was necessarily regulated by the principal sub- ject on which they touched ; and that it would have been impossible ...
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Page 280 - I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me : refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Page 419 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 147 - Give unto the Lord. O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. "8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name: bring an offering, and come into His courts. 9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before Him, all the earth.
Page 198 - Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 84 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 148 - But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Page 513 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 282 - And no man putteth new wine into old bottles : else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred : but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Page 182 - I saw th' expectant nations stand To catch the coming flame in turn— I saw, from ready hand to hand, The clear, but struggling glory burn. And, oh! their joy, as it came near, 'Twas in itself a joy to see — While Fancy whisper'd in my ear, " That torch they pass is Liberty...
Page 99 - Troy wandering from clime to clime observant strayed their manners noted and their states surveyed...