Divine breathings: or, A pious soul thirsting after Christ, in a hundred pathetical meditations [by T. Sherman].James Kay, 1836 - 160 pages |
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afflictions Amalek appear Art thou beams beauty beholds blessed bliss blood bosom breath bring Canaan carnal celestial Christian cloud comfort communion concubines creature crown day of judgment death delights desire divine dost thou duties earth earthly enemies enjoy eternity evermore excellency faith felicity fill flow fountain fulness give glance of heaven glorious God's godly grace HALIFAX hand happiness hear hell hereafter holy honour immortal immortal soul Israelite Jesus Christ kingdom of heaven Knowest Lord lose Love divine lust ment mercy methinks misery mourn never NICHOLSON paths perfect pleasant pleasures portion praise repent rest rich righteous salvation Satan shady grove shine sinners sorrow Soul's spirit stream sure sweet sweeter tears thee thine things thou art Thou canst thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thy heart thy soul thyself tion treasure trouble vanity vessel walk weeping wicked wilt thou wisdom worldly
Popular passages
Page 7 - Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire, ascending, seeks the sun ; Both speed them to their source : So a soul, that's born of God, Pants to view His glorious face, Upward tends to His abode, To rest in His embrace.
Page 76 - There, fragrant flowers, immortal, bloom, And joys supreme are given ; There, rays divine disperse the gloom : Beyond the confines of the tomb Appears the dawn of heaven.
Page 46 - His name yields the richest perfume, And sweeter than music his voice ; His presence disperses my gloom, And makes all within me rejoice : I should, were he always thus nigh, Have nothing to wish or to fear, No mortal so happy as I, My summer would last all the year.
Page 9 - Man may trouble and distress me ; 'Twill but drive me to Thy breast. Life with trials hard may press me ; Heaven will bring me sweeter rest. O, 'tis not in grief to harm me, While Thy love is left to me ! O, 'twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee.
Page 51 - Yes, Love indeed is light from heaven ; A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared, by Alia given, To lift from earth our low desire. Devotion wafts the mind above, But Heaven itself descends in love ; A feeling from the Godhead caught, To wean from self each sordid thought ; A Ray of Him who form'd the whole ; A Glory circling round the soul...
Page 67 - Life's duty done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies; While heaven and earth combine to say, " How blest the righteous when he dies!
Page 60 - Though my own heart accuse me not Of walking in a false disguise, I beg the trial of thine eyes. 4 Doth secret mischief lurk within ? Do I indulge some unknown sin ? O turn my feet whene'er I stray, And lead me in thy perfect way.
Page 63 - God from on high beholds your thoughts ; His book records your secret faults : The works of darkness you have done Must all appear before the sun. 4 The vengeance to your follies due Should strike your hearts with terror thro...
Page 96 - The wounded conscience knows its power, The healing balm to give; That balm the saddest heart can cheer, And make the dying live.
Page 44 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.