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... fall infinitely short of what he really is . There is no end of his great- ness ; the most exalted creature he has made , is only capable of adorning it - none but himself can comprehend it . The advice of the son of Sirach is very just ...
... fall infinitely short of what he really is . There is no end of his great- ness ; the most exalted creature he has made , is only capable of adorning it - none but himself can comprehend it . The advice of the son of Sirach is very just ...
Page 62
... falls under every one's consideration , though indeed it can never be sufficiently consi- dered , I shall here only take notice of that habi- tual worship and veneration which we ought to pay to this Almighty Being . We should often ...
... falls under every one's consideration , though indeed it can never be sufficiently consi- dered , I shall here only take notice of that habi- tual worship and veneration which we ought to pay to this Almighty Being . We should often ...
Page 83
... fall down before our Maker , when we consider that ineffable goodness and wisdom which contrived this existence for finite natures ? What must be the overflowings of that good - will , which prompted our Creator to adapt existence to ...
... fall down before our Maker , when we consider that ineffable goodness and wisdom which contrived this existence for finite natures ? What must be the overflowings of that good - will , which prompted our Creator to adapt existence to ...
Page 87
... falls within our knowledge , that does not swarm with life . Nor is his goodness less seen in the diversity than in the multitude of living creatures . Had he only made one species of animals , none of the rest would have enjoyed the ...
... falls within our knowledge , that does not swarm with life . Nor is his goodness less seen in the diversity than in the multitude of living creatures . Had he only made one species of animals , none of the rest would have enjoyed the ...
Page 97
... fall into nothing , when I think on thee . The man who does not see thee has beheld no- thing : he who does not taste thee has a relish of no- thing . His being is vain , and his life but a dream . Set up thyself , O Lord ! set up ...
... fall into nothing , when I think on thee . The man who does not see thee has beheld no- thing : he who does not taste thee has a relish of no- thing . His being is vain , and his life but a dream . Set up thyself , O Lord ! set up ...
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Page 154 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 203 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 182 - I have set the Lord always before me : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : My flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt show me the path of life : In thy presence is fulness of joy ; At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 205 - ... there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when ! or where ! — This world was made for Caesar.
Page 73 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 157 - A Discourse of Freethinking, occasioned by the rise and growth of a Sect called Freethinkers...
Page 127 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 141 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 127 - When he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder, then did he see it and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Page 85 - Perfection, as we see they gradually descend from us downwards: Which if it be probable, we have reason then to be persuaded^ that there are far more Species of Creatures above us, than there are beneath; we being in degrees of perfection, much more remote from the infinite Being of God, than we are from the lowest state of Being, and that which approaches nearest to nothing.