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... Kings , 17th Chapter ,. 155 18th Chapter , 158 2d Kings , 5th Chapter , 164 Ifaiah , 9th Chapter , 7 firft verses , 168 11th Chapter , 10 first verses , 170 2 53d Chapter , On the Attributes of God , 171 173 Advice to the Non ...
... Kings , 17th Chapter ,. 155 18th Chapter , 158 2d Kings , 5th Chapter , 164 Ifaiah , 9th Chapter , 7 firft verses , 168 11th Chapter , 10 first verses , 170 2 53d Chapter , On the Attributes of God , 171 173 Advice to the Non ...
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... king to be poffefs'd ; For entrance to unhallow'd feet , too clean , Yet for God's dwelling infinitely mean . The wife King own'd it was furprising grace , That God Almighty " there his name should place . ” The paffage , with true ...
... king to be poffefs'd ; For entrance to unhallow'd feet , too clean , Yet for God's dwelling infinitely mean . The wife King own'd it was furprising grace , That God Almighty " there his name should place . ” The paffage , with true ...
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... KING OF KINGS : 66 Ye everlasting gates , your heads now rear , " And give admiffion to each godly heir . " While good men's bodies flumber in the grave , Here let us , now , “ their fouls and spirits leave ; From an entangling ...
... KING OF KINGS : 66 Ye everlasting gates , your heads now rear , " And give admiffion to each godly heir . " While good men's bodies flumber in the grave , Here let us , now , “ their fouls and spirits leave ; From an entangling ...
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... king's and country's foes oppos'd ; Which , tho ' it beaming glories might difplay , Yet would an ignomin'ous mind betray , In fuch good circumftances to gainfay . But CHRIST the bleed grafp'd the bloody fword , Tho ' he was KING of Kings ...
... king's and country's foes oppos'd ; Which , tho ' it beaming glories might difplay , Yet would an ignomin'ous mind betray , In fuch good circumftances to gainfay . But CHRIST the bleed grafp'd the bloody fword , Tho ' he was KING of Kings ...
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... king accoft- 66 The LORD fhall give you to the hand of death , " And thou muft , alfo , foon refign thy breath ; " Yet but a little while and thou fhalt be In the fame ftate wherein you now find me . " The folemn warning , in a way fo ...
... king accoft- 66 The LORD fhall give you to the hand of death , " And thou muft , alfo , foon refign thy breath ; " Yet but a little while and thou fhalt be In the fame ftate wherein you now find me . " The folemn warning , in a way fo ...
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againſt Ahab alfo art thou Becauſe Behold bleffed blefs'd blifs bloom bofoms breaſt caft Caiaphas CHRIST comfort command crown'd cry'd death defire difmal diſplay doth dread earth eaſe Elijah endleſs eternity Ev'n ev'ry everlaſting eyes fafely faid faith fame Father fave fear fecure fent fervant fhall fhare fhine fhould fhow fight filent fill'd fleep folemn fome foon forrow foul fpeak fpirit friends ftate ftill fuch fure fweet Gehazi give gloomy glory God's grace grave grief happineſs heart heav'n heav'nly himſelf houſe Ifrael JESUS Jews juſt king laft laſt live LORD lov'd mind moft mortal moſt muft muſt Naaman ne'er night o'er pain peace Pilate pleaſure pow'r praiſe prophets raiſe receive reft reply'd reſt rife right'ous ſaid ſhall ſkies ſpeak ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thro tomb unto whofe wicked word Zarephath
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Page 33 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page ix - When I was a school-boy, a relation of mine, long deceased, was so kind as to lend me the original poem of Yarico to Inkle, which he got from an intimate friend, the author of it, who had been dead many years before it came into my handS.
Page 213 - Did' it from hate, or thirft of gain proceed ? Urge nothing — for if love's not in our pow'r, Is there from gratitude requir'd no more ? That's the grand tie that fliould for ever bind, The fureft charm to fix a noble mind. *
Page 10 - Poeta nascitur, non fit. That is to say, you cannot make a poet out of a barber's block. cation of your readers, not doubting but they will agree with me, that they are as excellent in point of sentiment, as in sweetness and elegance. Medita.tion
Page 29 - Nothing more certain, and which shall endure, Than laws of Medes and Per-si-ans more sure. To say that death could from such bliss arise, A happy im-pro-pri-e-ty implies.
Page ix - I could fafely pafs with the public as the author of it — a kind of fraud, however, which I fnall never be guilty of.
Page 15 - Remember that of them you're not bereav'd, But from " the coming evil they are fav'd.
Page 213 - The virgin's envy, and the youth's delight ; Nor was my birth unequal to my fame, I from a race of fov'reign princes came. My love, the no...
Page 11 - Their former variances all obey, And to an amicable end give way. Here thofe who, living, were at enmity, By Death are brought to dwell in unity.