Select Pieces in Verse and Prose, Volume 2G. Davidson, 1816 - 617 pages |
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Page 268
... earliest hours display the same character which it hath ever after maintained , to heal the broken hearted and ease the afflicted in spirit . The unhappy authors of their children's calamities might , perhaps , have sunk un- 268.
... earliest hours display the same character which it hath ever after maintained , to heal the broken hearted and ease the afflicted in spirit . The unhappy authors of their children's calamities might , perhaps , have sunk un- 268.
Page 269
John Bowdler. their children's calamities might , perhaps , have sunk un- der the sense of present evil , and the dread of future ven- geance ; but in the moment when the clouds of horror seemed to thicken around them , when Heaven was ...
John Bowdler. their children's calamities might , perhaps , have sunk un- der the sense of present evil , and the dread of future ven- geance ; but in the moment when the clouds of horror seemed to thicken around them , when Heaven was ...
Page 270
... perhaps pre- sumptuous to inquire ; God may surely be allowed to di- rect that mystery , of the benefits of which we are unme- rited partakers ; which He only could have invented , and which He only can comprehend ; yet sufficient ...
... perhaps pre- sumptuous to inquire ; God may surely be allowed to di- rect that mystery , of the benefits of which we are unme- rited partakers ; which He only could have invented , and which He only can comprehend ; yet sufficient ...
Page 281
... perhaps , on a more thoughtful consideration of the subject , we may suspect that we are a little too hasty in thus investing our Creator with those attributes * which . : * I have often been struck with our presumption in defining the ...
... perhaps , on a more thoughtful consideration of the subject , we may suspect that we are a little too hasty in thus investing our Creator with those attributes * which . : * I have often been struck with our presumption in defining the ...
Page 283
... perhaps it is sufficient to reply , that if sin be in itself so odious as to admit of no atone- ment but the sufferings of God himself , they can have little room to hope for mercy , who aggravate crimes inex- piable without such a ...
... perhaps it is sufficient to reply , that if sin be in itself so odious as to admit of no atone- ment but the sufferings of God himself , they can have little room to hope for mercy , who aggravate crimes inex- piable without such a ...
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Popular passages
Page 474 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...
Page 274 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 432 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 410 - He that is of God heareth God's words. Ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Page 432 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 468 - Christ ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works,
Page 411 - But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
Page 537 - I shall do so ; But I must also feel it as a man : I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me.
Page 482 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie : but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Page 396 - O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.