The Whole Works of the Rev. James Hervey: In Six Volumes, Volume 1Thomas Tegg, 1825 - Devotional literature |
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... Bibles . In the blank leaf he frequently wrote some- thing capable of making an impression , or else stuck in a printed paper relating to the promises of God in and through Jesus Christ , or to creation , REV . JAMES HERVEY . 19.
... Bibles . In the blank leaf he frequently wrote some- thing capable of making an impression , or else stuck in a printed paper relating to the promises of God in and through Jesus Christ , or to creation , REV . JAMES HERVEY . 19.
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In Six Volumes James Hervey. in and through Jesus Christ , or to creation , preser- vation , and redemption . * All the future profits of his works he has left to some of the charitable uses above specified , except his Meditations ; the ...
In Six Volumes James Hervey. in and through Jesus Christ , or to creation , preser- vation , and redemption . * All the future profits of his works he has left to some of the charitable uses above specified , except his Meditations ; the ...
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... Jesus Christ and him cru- cified , and inculcating the practice of real religion and holiness in heart and life , yet his enemies ( for strange as it is , even Mr Hervey himself , the most inoffensive of men , had enemies ) have not ...
... Jesus Christ and him cru- cified , and inculcating the practice of real religion and holiness in heart and life , yet his enemies ( for strange as it is , even Mr Hervey himself , the most inoffensive of men , had enemies ) have not ...
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... Jesus , caught from thee , longs to behold His Saviour in the clouds : for who can stand Amidst the sweetness of Arabian groves , And not bear thence some fragrance ? —Valued friend , Proceed ; and ( thy too feeble strength renew'd ) ...
... Jesus , caught from thee , longs to behold His Saviour in the clouds : for who can stand Amidst the sweetness of Arabian groves , And not bear thence some fragrance ? —Valued friend , Proceed ; and ( thy too feeble strength renew'd ) ...
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... Jesus Christ . " But above all things reverence thyself , " was the favourite maxim of Pythagoras , and supposed to be one of the best moral pre- cepts ever given to the Heathen world . With what superior force , and very singular ...
... Jesus Christ . " But above all things reverence thyself , " was the favourite maxim of Pythagoras , and supposed to be one of the best moral pre- cepts ever given to the Heathen world . With what superior force , and very singular ...
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Page 363 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 134 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 250 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head.
Page 154 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 51 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 208 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Page 44 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Page 241 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Page 62 - JEHOVAH'S kingdom, and conjointly with the soul, made " his jewels ;" made " his peculiar pleasure ;" made to shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever'?
Page 236 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,