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... Things comparatively of very fmall Confequence . The Motto , SUBLIMIORA PETAMUS , has not only a fignificant Reference to the Device of the Fa- mily Arms , to which it is annexed ; but may be confidered , as standing in a beautiful Con ...
... Things comparatively of very fmall Confequence . The Motto , SUBLIMIORA PETAMUS , has not only a fignificant Reference to the Device of the Fa- mily Arms , to which it is annexed ; but may be confidered , as standing in a beautiful Con ...
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... Things inanimate can direct the Rod , In juft Gradation , to afcend to GOD . Taught by thy Lines , fee hoary Age grows wife , And all the Rebel in his Bofom dies : E'en thoughtlefs Youth , in Luxury of Blood , Fly the infectious World ...
... Things inanimate can direct the Rod , In juft Gradation , to afcend to GOD . Taught by thy Lines , fee hoary Age grows wife , And all the Rebel in his Bofom dies : E'en thoughtlefs Youth , in Luxury of Blood , Fly the infectious World ...
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... Things may fhadow forth , Dear Man , thy Labours , and thy Worth , The Bee upon the flow'ry Lawn , Imbibes the lucid Drops of Dawn , Works them in his myfterious Mould , And turns the common Dew to Gold . London , May 26 , 1750 , THOMAS ...
... Things may fhadow forth , Dear Man , thy Labours , and thy Worth , The Bee upon the flow'ry Lawn , Imbibes the lucid Drops of Dawn , Works them in his myfterious Mould , And turns the common Dew to Gold . London , May 26 , 1750 , THOMAS ...
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... Things , with all the Calmness of a chearful Refignation , with all the Comforts of a well grounded Faith . The other Attempts to sketch out fome little Traces of the All - fufficiency of our Redeemer , for the grand and gracious ...
... Things , with all the Calmness of a chearful Refignation , with all the Comforts of a well grounded Faith . The other Attempts to sketch out fome little Traces of the All - fufficiency of our Redeemer , for the grand and gracious ...
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... the Inftance of a Perfon killed by a Misfortune ; nothing cafual , but all ordered by Providence , 25 - Cafe of a Lady , who died in Childbed ; her Character : with regard regard to earthly Things , we know not what is [ xxxi ]
... the Inftance of a Perfon killed by a Misfortune ; nothing cafual , but all ordered by Providence , 25 - Cafe of a Lady , who died in Childbed ; her Character : with regard regard to earthly Things , we know not what is [ xxxi ]
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Page 25 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Page 149 - Awake : The morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us ; we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 98 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 157 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 34 - It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Page 47 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,
Page 146 - Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlasting, and world without end.
Page 233 - What, though In solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though nor real voice nor sound, Amid their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice ; For ever singing, as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 178 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 133 - Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy : his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire...