The Meditations of a Recluse: Chiefly on Religious SubjectsF. and C. Rivington, and W. Clarke, 1802 |
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... revelation , becomes his study . He traces the connection between those important volumes , with a penetrating eye and a delighted heart . On his return to the busy stage of man , he finds his actions improved by benevolence . His tem ...
... revelation , becomes his study . He traces the connection between those important volumes , with a penetrating eye and a delighted heart . On his return to the busy stage of man , he finds his actions improved by benevolence . His tem ...
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... the more serious pollutions of human crimes , are all brought before his eyes in the shelter of retirement . Here truth begins to find a refuge refuge in his heart and here the revelation of the 6 Reflections on Retirement .
... the more serious pollutions of human crimes , are all brought before his eyes in the shelter of retirement . Here truth begins to find a refuge refuge in his heart and here the revelation of the 6 Reflections on Retirement .
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Chiefly on Religious Subjects John Brewster. refuge in his heart and here the revelation of the God of truth , displays to his asto- nished and delighted senses , his restoration from the miserable bondage of the servants of sin , to the ...
Chiefly on Religious Subjects John Brewster. refuge in his heart and here the revelation of the God of truth , displays to his asto- nished and delighted senses , his restoration from the miserable bondage of the servants of sin , to the ...
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... revelation of the gospel of Christ . Do we wish to account for the irregula- rities which we have observed in human nature ? we find them here . Do we look for the true motives on which all our actions should be founded ? They appear ...
... revelation of the gospel of Christ . Do we wish to account for the irregula- rities which we have observed in human nature ? we find them here . Do we look for the true motives on which all our actions should be founded ? They appear ...
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... na- tural world cleared up by the view which revelation offers ; when we are taught how the degeneracy of human nature may be healed , healed , and are presented with the prospect of another 20 Inefficacy of moral Virtue.
... na- tural world cleared up by the view which revelation offers ; when we are taught how the degeneracy of human nature may be healed , healed , and are presented with the prospect of another 20 Inefficacy of moral Virtue.
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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.