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... answer them ; and if I can but clear the Face , the ferenus vultus of this Play ( which Words admirably exprefs the Character of the Compofition ) from fome of the Filth and Soil that lies upon it , I fhall not much mind when , or by ...
... answer them ; and if I can but clear the Face , the ferenus vultus of this Play ( which Words admirably exprefs the Character of the Compofition ) from fome of the Filth and Soil that lies upon it , I fhall not much mind when , or by ...
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... answer his End of preventing Doubts and Fears ; for , firft , this was a Doctrine which would not bear examining ; and , fecondly , it left Men under the Dominion of blind Chance , instead of a wife Pro- vidence , which was furely a bad ...
... answer his End of preventing Doubts and Fears ; for , firft , this was a Doctrine which would not bear examining ; and , fecondly , it left Men under the Dominion of blind Chance , instead of a wife Pro- vidence , which was furely a bad ...
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... answer this important Queftion , What shall I eat , and what ball 1 drink , even in the poorest and coarseft man- ner ? " But if we fend our Thoughts to the fultry " Regions of Africa , the Frofts and Snows of Nor- 66 way , E 2 and kill ...
... answer this important Queftion , What shall I eat , and what ball 1 drink , even in the poorest and coarseft man- ner ? " But if we fend our Thoughts to the fultry " Regions of Africa , the Frofts and Snows of Nor- 66 way , E 2 and kill ...
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... answers , " " First , There is a great Difference to be made be- tween innocent Creatures in a State of Probation , and finful Creatures in the fame State . These pain- ful Events , which now fall upon degenerate Man , would have been ...
... answers , " " First , There is a great Difference to be made be- tween innocent Creatures in a State of Probation , and finful Creatures in the fame State . These pain- ful Events , which now fall upon degenerate Man , would have been ...
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... answer this important Queftion , What shall I eat , and what fball 1 drink , even in the poorest and coarseft man- ner ? " But if we fend our Thoughts to the fultry " Regions of Africa , the Frafts and Snows of Nor- E 2 66 way , ૬ ...
... answer this important Queftion , What shall I eat , and what fball 1 drink , even in the poorest and coarseft man- ner ? " But if we fend our Thoughts to the fultry " Regions of Africa , the Frafts and Snows of Nor- E 2 66 way , ૬ ...
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Page 66 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Page 67 - And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit ; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare : for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
Page 63 - Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens fhall pafs away with a great noife, and the elements fhall melt with fervent heat, the earth alfo and the works that are therein (hall fee burnt up.
Page 147 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, "If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Page 146 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Page 196 - God, the immortality of the soul, and a future state of rewards and punishments have been esteemed useful engines of government.
Page 9 - Yet cannot stay their lewd rebellious hands ; But suffering, lo, foul treason to distain Their wretched minds, forget their loyal heart, Reject all truth, and rise against their prince. A ruthful case, that those, whom duty's bond...
Page 431 - Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. In a Series of Familiar Letters from a beautiful Young Damsel, to her Parents. Now first published in order to cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of both Sexes. A Narrative which has its Foundation in Truth and Nature; and at the same time that it agreeably entertains, by a Variety of Curious and affecting Incidents, is entirely divested of all those Images, which, in too many Pieces calculated for Amusement only, tend to inflame...
Page 65 - Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Page 87 - Jcandalum magnatum was begot, No matter if the great forgave or not : But if that honeft licence now you take, If into rogues omnipotent you rake, Death is your doom, impail'd upon a...