Meditations and Contemplations, Volume 1J. Rivingston, 1779 - Devotional literature |
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... Mortal's Voice : ' Tis HERVEY fings : Sublime he foars on Contemplation's Wings : In ev'ry Period breathes ecftatic Thought . HERVEY , ' twas Heav'n thy facred Leffons taught . Celestial Visions bless thy ftudious Hours , Thy lonely ...
... Mortal's Voice : ' Tis HERVEY fings : Sublime he foars on Contemplation's Wings : In ev'ry Period breathes ecftatic Thought . HERVEY , ' twas Heav'n thy facred Leffons taught . Celestial Visions bless thy ftudious Hours , Thy lonely ...
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... Mortals to approach his Majefty ; and promise " to make " them joyful in his House of Prayer ! " .. This fhould more fenfibly affect our Hearts , than the moft curious Arrangement of Stones can delight our Eyes . NAY , the everlasting ...
... Mortals to approach his Majefty ; and promise " to make " them joyful in his House of Prayer ! " .. This fhould more fenfibly affect our Hearts , than the moft curious Arrangement of Stones can delight our Eyes . NAY , the everlasting ...
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... Mortal ; for there is nothing certain , nothing to be depended on , beneath the unchangeable GOD - Death , relentless Death , is making him another Kind of Bed in the Duft of the Earth . Unto this he must be conveyed , not with a ...
... Mortal ; for there is nothing certain , nothing to be depended on , beneath the unchangeable GOD - Death , relentless Death , is making him another Kind of Bed in the Duft of the Earth . Unto this he must be conveyed , not with a ...
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... They found a powerful Alarm to heedlefs dream- ing Mortals , and are intended as a Remedy for our carnal Security . Such Paffing - Bells , incul- Night Thoughts . cate cate loudly our LORD's Admonition ; " Take " ye AMONG THE TOMBS . 25.
... They found a powerful Alarm to heedlefs dream- ing Mortals , and are intended as a Remedy for our carnal Security . Such Paffing - Bells , incul- Night Thoughts . cate cate loudly our LORD's Admonition ; " Take " ye AMONG THE TOMBS . 25.
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... Mortal , fnatched from his Friends , and hurried to the awful Bar ; without Leisure , either to take a laft Farewel of the One , or to put up fo much as a fingle Prayer preparatory for the other : killed , according to the ufual ...
... Mortal , fnatched from his Friends , and hurried to the awful Bar ; without Leisure , either to take a laft Farewel of the One , or to put up fo much as a fingle Prayer preparatory for the other : killed , according to the ufual ...
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