Meditations and Contemplations, Volume 1J. Rivingston, 1779 - Devotional literature |
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Page xv
... humbler Distance strike the Strings ; Yet both shall mingle in the fame Employ , Both drink the Fulness of eternal Joy . Clerkenwell - Green , Feb. 24 , 1748 . JOHN DUICK . WHAT WE THAT Numbers of our Race furvey The Monarch of [ xv ]
... humbler Distance strike the Strings ; Yet both shall mingle in the fame Employ , Both drink the Fulness of eternal Joy . Clerkenwell - Green , Feb. 24 , 1748 . JOHN DUICK . WHAT WE THAT Numbers of our Race furvey The Monarch of [ xv ]
Page xvi
... eternal Ray Of Deity infcrib'd around 7 Wide Nature to her utmost Bound , IS HERVEY's Tafk : And well his skill Celestial can the Task fulfil : Afcending from these Scenes below , Ardent the Maker's Praise to show , His facred ...
... eternal Ray Of Deity infcrib'd around 7 Wide Nature to her utmost Bound , IS HERVEY's Tafk : And well his skill Celestial can the Task fulfil : Afcending from these Scenes below , Ardent the Maker's Praise to show , His facred ...
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... Eternal Majefty , who , far from being confined to Temples made with Hands , has Heaven for his Throne , and the Earth for his Footftool - I took particular Notice of a handfome Altar - piece ; prefented , as I was afterwards informed ...
... Eternal Majefty , who , far from being confined to Temples made with Hands , has Heaven for his Throne , and the Earth for his Footftool - I took particular Notice of a handfome Altar - piece ; prefented , as I was afterwards informed ...
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... eternal Concerns ! That they had Eyes to difcern , and Inclinations to purfue , the Things which be- long to their Peace ! -But how fhall they attain this valuable Knowledge ? I fend them not , adds the illuftrious Teacher , to turn ...
... eternal Concerns ! That they had Eyes to difcern , and Inclinations to purfue , the Things which be- long to their Peace ! -But how fhall they attain this valuable Knowledge ? I fend them not , adds the illuftrious Teacher , to turn ...
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... eternal Torment ! How would it aggravate your Diftrefs , and add a distracting Emphasis to all your Sighs , if you fhould follow the pale Corpfe with these bitter Reflections ! " This Dear Creature , though long ago capable of knowing ...
... eternal Torment ! How would it aggravate your Diftrefs , and add a distracting Emphasis to all your Sighs , if you fhould follow the pale Corpfe with these bitter Reflections ! " This Dear Creature , though long ago capable of knowing ...
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