The Whole Works of the Rev. James Hervey: In Six Volumes, Volume 1Thomas Tegg, 1825 - Devotional literature |
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... universal acquaintance with history . The divine lawgiver settles this important point in his next aspiration : Oh , that they understood this ! That they had right apprehensions of their spiritual inte- rests , and eternal concerns ...
... universal acquaintance with history . The divine lawgiver settles this important point in his next aspiration : Oh , that they understood this ! That they had right apprehensions of their spiritual inte- rests , and eternal concerns ...
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... universal esteem which at- tended , and the superiority of birth which distinguished , the deceased wife ; it expresses , beyond all the pomp of words , the yearning affection and heart - felt affliction of the surviving husband ...
... universal esteem which at- tended , and the superiority of birth which distinguished , the deceased wife ; it expresses , beyond all the pomp of words , the yearning affection and heart - felt affliction of the surviving husband ...
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... to cry out , " Tecum vivere amem , tecum obeam libens ; " i . e . " Inspire me with such a spirit , and life shall be delightful , nor death itself unwelcome . " above , and give them an universal discharge , a 82 MEDITATIONS.
... to cry out , " Tecum vivere amem , tecum obeam libens ; " i . e . " Inspire me with such a spirit , and life shall be delightful , nor death itself unwelcome . " above , and give them an universal discharge , a 82 MEDITATIONS.
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In Six Volumes James Hervey. above , and give them an universal discharge , a gene- ral delivery from the abodes of corruption . Then shall the Lord Jesus descend from heaven , with the shout of the archangel , and the trump of God . Des ...
In Six Volumes James Hervey. above , and give them an universal discharge , a gene- ral delivery from the abodes of corruption . Then shall the Lord Jesus descend from heaven , with the shout of the archangel , and the trump of God . Des ...
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... universal nature : " There is nothing hid from the heat thereof . " Just in the same manner were the rational world dead in trespasses and sins , without the reviving en- ergy of Jesus Christ . He is " the resurrection and the life ...
... universal nature : " There is nothing hid from the heat thereof . " Just in the same manner were the rational world dead in trespasses and sins , without the reviving en- ergy of Jesus Christ . He is " the resurrection and the life ...
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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,