A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of Thomas Paine, and Wavering Christians of Every Persuasion: with an Appendix, Containing the Author's Determination to Have Relinquished His Charge in the Established Church ... To which is Added, a Discourse on State Entertainments, and on Dreams and Night-visions ... With Numerous Additional Notes |
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Page xv
... immortal song ; and though shut out from all recurrence to them , he poured them forth from the stores of a memory rich with all that man ever knew , and laid them in their order as the illustration of that real and exalted faith , the ...
... immortal song ; and though shut out from all recurrence to them , he poured them forth from the stores of a memory rich with all that man ever knew , and laid them in their order as the illustration of that real and exalted faith , the ...
Page xvi
... cause , Immortal Hale ! for deep discernment prais'd , And sound integrity not more , than fam'd For sanctity of manners undefiled . " COWPER'S Tusk , b . 3 . the loss of that distinction when that end was ac- xvi PREFACE .
... cause , Immortal Hale ! for deep discernment prais'd , And sound integrity not more , than fam'd For sanctity of manners undefiled . " COWPER'S Tusk , b . 3 . the loss of that distinction when that end was ac- xvi PREFACE .
Page xxiii
... immortal religion of Jesus Christ , and the Holy Scriptures , through their sides : whereas they are things essentially different . What has the cha- racter and gospel of Christ to do with the treache- ry of Judas , the cowardice of ...
... immortal religion of Jesus Christ , and the Holy Scriptures , through their sides : whereas they are things essentially different . What has the cha- racter and gospel of Christ to do with the treache- ry of Judas , the cowardice of ...
Page xxix
... immortal Locke , who , being invited by a cer- tain nobleman to give the meeting to some of the most celebrated wits and scholars of the age , went in great expectation of enjoy- ing a high intellectual repast . The card table being ...
... immortal Locke , who , being invited by a cer- tain nobleman to give the meeting to some of the most celebrated wits and scholars of the age , went in great expectation of enjoy- ing a high intellectual repast . The card table being ...
Page xxx
... immortal volumes . Here , he sometimes seems to catch a ray of their genius ; to intermingle soul with soul ; to taste the raptures of their sacred rage ; and to meditate unutterable things . Oh ! for a Spirit of burning , to refine ...
... immortal volumes . Here , he sometimes seems to catch a ray of their genius ; to intermingle soul with soul ; to taste the raptures of their sacred rage ; and to meditate unutterable things . Oh ! for a Spirit of burning , to refine ...
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