Meditations and Contemplations, Volume 1J. Rivingston, 1779 - Devotional literature |
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Page vii
... Soul ! In claffic Elegance , and Thoughts - his own , We see our Faults as in a Mirror , fhown : Each Truth , in glaring Characters exprest , All own the Twin Resemblance in their Breaft : His eafy Periods , and perfuafive Page , At ...
... Soul ! In claffic Elegance , and Thoughts - his own , We see our Faults as in a Mirror , fhown : Each Truth , in glaring Characters exprest , All own the Twin Resemblance in their Breaft : His eafy Periods , and perfuafive Page , At ...
Page viii
... Soul No Bounds confine , no Limits can controul : Whofe Eye expatiates , and whofe Mind can rove , Through Earth , through Æther , and the Realms above : From Things inanimate can direct * the Rod , In just Gradation , to afcend to Gov ...
... Soul No Bounds confine , no Limits can controul : Whofe Eye expatiates , and whofe Mind can rove , Through Earth , through Æther , and the Realms above : From Things inanimate can direct * the Rod , In just Gradation , to afcend to Gov ...
Page ix
... Soul within , The Flefh fhall know no Pain ; the Soul , no Sin : E'en in the Terrors of expiring Breath , We bless the friendly Stroke , and live - in Death . Oxford , April 28 , 1748 , By a PHYSICIAN . YELESTIAL Meditant ! Whofe Ardors ...
... Soul within , The Flefh fhall know no Pain ; the Soul , no Sin : E'en in the Terrors of expiring Breath , We bless the friendly Stroke , and live - in Death . Oxford , April 28 , 1748 , By a PHYSICIAN . YELESTIAL Meditant ! Whofe Ardors ...
Page x
... Soul by thine inform'd , furvey , And bear , the Splendors of effential Day ? But while my Thoughts indulge the glorious Scope , ( My utmost Worth beneath my humbleft Hope ) Confcience , or fome exhorting Angel , cries , " No lazy ...
... Soul by thine inform'd , furvey , And bear , the Splendors of effential Day ? But while my Thoughts indulge the glorious Scope , ( My utmost Worth beneath my humbleft Hope ) Confcience , or fome exhorting Angel , cries , " No lazy ...
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... Soul . For let the Witling argue all he can , It is Religion ftill that makes the Man . ' Tis This , my Friend , that streaks our Morning bright ; ' Tis This , that gilds the Horrors of our Night . When Wealth forfakes us , and when ...
... Soul . For let the Witling argue all he can , It is Religion ftill that makes the Man . ' Tis This , my Friend , that streaks our Morning bright ; ' Tis This , that gilds the Horrors of our Night . When Wealth forfakes us , and when ...
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