Meditations and Contemplations, Volume 1J. Rivingston, 1779 - Devotional literature |
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Page iii
... lefs unworthy of the public Patronage , if it touched upon fome very interesting Subjects , hitherto omitted . As I had no Views , but to render the Performance more pleasing and Serviceable ; no Reader , I hope , will be offended at my ...
... lefs unworthy of the public Patronage , if it touched upon fome very interesting Subjects , hitherto omitted . As I had no Views , but to render the Performance more pleasing and Serviceable ; no Reader , I hope , will be offended at my ...
Page viii
... lefs , in Majesty of Phrase , He draws the full - orb'd Moon's expanfive Blaze ; The waving Meteors , trembling from on high , With all the mute Artill'ry of the Sky : Systems on Syftems , which in Order roll , And dart their lambent ...
... lefs , in Majesty of Phrase , He draws the full - orb'd Moon's expanfive Blaze ; The waving Meteors , trembling from on high , With all the mute Artill'ry of the Sky : Systems on Syftems , which in Order roll , And dart their lambent ...
Page 6
... . " - How much lefs proportionate is this poor diminutive Speck ( which I have been erecting and embellishing ) , to fo auguft a Prefence , fo immense a Majefty ! - L WE are apt to be ftruck with Admiration , at 6 MEDITATIONS.
... . " - How much lefs proportionate is this poor diminutive Speck ( which I have been erecting and embellishing ) , to fo auguft a Prefence , fo immense a Majefty ! - L WE are apt to be ftruck with Admiration , at 6 MEDITATIONS.
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... I not justly fear , " that , fentenced by the righteous Judge , it is " going , or gone away , into the Pains of end- " lefs Punishment ? -Perhaps , while I am be- “ wailing 66 " wailing its untimely Departure ; it may be 20 MEDITATIONS.
... I not justly fear , " that , fentenced by the righteous Judge , it is " going , or gone away , into the Pains of end- " lefs Punishment ? -Perhaps , while I am be- “ wailing 66 " wailing its untimely Departure ; it may be 20 MEDITATIONS.
Page 33
... Lefs to be lamented , in my Opinion , this Misfortune than the other . Better , for the tender Stranger , to be stopped in the Porch ; than to enter , only to converfe with Affliction . Better , to find a VOL . • * Ifa . xxxvii . 3 . D ...
... Lefs to be lamented , in my Opinion , this Misfortune than the other . Better , for the tender Stranger , to be stopped in the Porch ; than to enter , only to converfe with Affliction . Better , to find a VOL . • * Ifa . xxxvii . 3 . D ...
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