Horae Psalmodicae: Or, A Popular View of the Psalms of David as Evidence for the Divine Origin of the Jewish and Christian Religions to which are Prefixed Two Essays, I. On Religion -- II. On Libertinism |
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... lives ; especially if the tale appealed for its truth , not to mere pretensions of pro- phecy , but to actual and unquestionable mira- cles performed , and continually performing , in the presence of , and often upon , the con- verts ...
... lives ; especially if the tale appealed for its truth , not to mere pretensions of pro- phecy , but to actual and unquestionable mira- cles performed , and continually performing , in the presence of , and often upon , the con- verts ...
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... lives of active ho- liness , and which most of them finally sealed with their blood . And to complete the incon sistency , that , with all this unaccountable sa- gacity and zeal , they had the folly to appeal , for the truth of their ...
... lives of active ho- liness , and which most of them finally sealed with their blood . And to complete the incon sistency , that , with all this unaccountable sa- gacity and zeal , they had the folly to appeal , for the truth of their ...
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... lives conformable to Christianity : in general , mentioning its specific duties only incidentally , as what their " converts had before been instructed in , and as what their reason , even when these duties were originally 22.
... lives conformable to Christianity : in general , mentioning its specific duties only incidentally , as what their " converts had before been instructed in , and as what their reason , even when these duties were originally 22.
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... lives , under the same mistaken popular ideas that prevailed in their age and country , regarding the order of the Universe - of the globe we inhabit- of the causes and cure of maladies - and of every sub- sequent acquisition and ...
... lives , under the same mistaken popular ideas that prevailed in their age and country , regarding the order of the Universe - of the globe we inhabit- of the causes and cure of maladies - and of every sub- sequent acquisition and ...
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... live in a state of barren celibacy , each of them depri- ving some virtuous female of the dearest union instituted by Providence to cheer the path of life . In order to estimate the evil of sensual indul- gence in this one respect only ...
... live in a state of barren celibacy , each of them depri- ving some virtuous female of the dearest union instituted by Providence to cheer the path of life . In order to estimate the evil of sensual indul- gence in this one respect only ...
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Popular passages
Page 106 - Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not...
Page 118 - Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Page 96 - What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?" They say unto him, " The son of David." He saith unto them, " How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
Page 85 - Desire of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Page 89 - The King's daughter is all glorious within ; her clothing is of wrought gold.
Page 103 - O come, let us worship, and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Page 109 - Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart : and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.
Page 84 - Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Page 89 - All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Page 115 - My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me for thy mercies