The Meditations of a Recluse: Chiefly on Religious SubjectsF. and C. Rivington, and W. Clarke, 1802 |
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... numerous and important as numerous as the wants , as important as the salvation of mankind . The man of a really contemplative disposi- B 4 tion tion will require no assistance in the hour of solitary Reflections on Retirement . 7.
... numerous and important as numerous as the wants , as important as the salvation of mankind . The man of a really contemplative disposi- B 4 tion tion will require no assistance in the hour of solitary Reflections on Retirement . 7.
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... mankind by mo- tives , which , without her help , they could not have discovered , or could not have ap- plied to this useful purpose , religion would indeed have been nothing but a name . But when we find many appearances in the na ...
... mankind by mo- tives , which , without her help , they could not have discovered , or could not have ap- plied to this useful purpose , religion would indeed have been nothing but a name . But when we find many appearances in the na ...
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... highest degree in all that he did or suffered for mankind , yet as Jesus condescended to take our nature and propitiate our offences in the form of man , man , the motives , as well as the feelings 24 Inefficacy of moral Virtue.
... highest degree in all that he did or suffered for mankind , yet as Jesus condescended to take our nature and propitiate our offences in the form of man , man , the motives , as well as the feelings 24 Inefficacy of moral Virtue.
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... mankind . Can we be surprized then that perverted reason , ope- rating upon habitual wickedness , should blind the eye of the understanding , and ascribe to chance , to any thing , the con- struction of a world which nothing but the ...
... mankind . Can we be surprized then that perverted reason , ope- rating upon habitual wickedness , should blind the eye of the understanding , and ascribe to chance , to any thing , the con- struction of a world which nothing but the ...
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... mankind , it is raised up , as an hideous phantom , to vindicate the dreadful excesses of immorality . How far self - deception may be carried upon this head , is evident from a striking anecdote related by Sir Thomas Browne in his ...
... mankind , it is raised up , as an hideous phantom , to vindicate the dreadful excesses of immorality . How far self - deception may be carried upon this head , is evident from a striking anecdote related by Sir Thomas Browne in his ...
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Página 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.
Página 169 - Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 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.