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Page v
... Us . he diverted Himself with Performing , which they fay he did Well on the Organ and Bas - Viol . and This was a great Relief to him after he had loft his Sight . in relation to his Love of Mufick , and the A 4 in V.
... Us . he diverted Himself with Performing , which they fay he did Well on the Organ and Bas - Viol . and This was a great Relief to him after he had loft his Sight . in relation to his Love of Mufick , and the A 4 in V.
Page vi
... Sight of her , Never knew who the was , nor Saw her More , but Refolv'd Love fhould Thencefor- ward give him no farther Trouble . but he was Miftaken , as appears by three fine Latin Copies of Verfes to Leonora , a Young Lady who Sung ...
... Sight of her , Never knew who the was , nor Saw her More , but Refolv'd Love fhould Thencefor- ward give him no farther Trouble . but he was Miftaken , as appears by three fine Latin Copies of Verfes to Leonora , a Young Lady who Sung ...
Page xxxiv
... Sight firft fail'd him , that is , about the Year 50. it cannot be Suppos'd they were capable of having Learnt before they were 12 years Old , till When they might as well be Thus employ'd as any how Elfe , not being kept to it too ...
... Sight firft fail'd him , that is , about the Year 50. it cannot be Suppos'd they were capable of having Learnt before they were 12 years Old , till When they might as well be Thus employ'd as any how Elfe , not being kept to it too ...
Page lxii
... Sight , or Defert what God Impos'd upon me . Wherefore I confider'd with my Self , that Many had bought a Leffer Good with a Greater Lofs , Glory with Death ; To Me on the contrary , there was pro- pos'd a Greater Good for a Leffer Lofs ...
... Sight , or Defert what God Impos'd upon me . Wherefore I confider'd with my Self , that Many had bought a Leffer Good with a Greater Lofs , Glory with Death ; To Me on the contrary , there was pro- pos'd a Greater Good for a Leffer Lofs ...
Page lxiii
... Sight of without Repi- ning ? How Few Left which I Much Defire to See ? But neither am I Disheartend that I am Now become the Companion of the Blind , of the Afflicted , of Thofe that Sorrow , and of the Weak ; Since I Comfort my Self ...
... Sight of without Repi- ning ? How Few Left which I Much Defire to See ? But neither am I Disheartend that I am Now become the Companion of the Blind , of the Afflicted , of Thofe that Sorrow , and of the Weak ; Since I Comfort my Self ...
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Page 514 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page cvii - Daughters; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 528 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page cv - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 513 - And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Page 529 - Finally brethren, farewell : be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Page cvii - Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar...
Page 232 - This is dispensed ; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best ; though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought...
Page xxi - But when God commands to take the trumpet, and blow a dolorous or a jarring blast, it lies not in man's will what he shall say, or what he shall conceal.
Page cxxii - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.