The Works of Wm. Ellery Channing, Volume 1J. Hedderwick & Son, 1835 - Theology |
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... Importance and Means of a National Literature , ....... .249 Remarks on the Formation of Associations , to accomplish all Objects by Organised Masses of Society , ..... .279 MISCELLANIES . Daily Prayer , Means of Promoting Christianity ...
... Importance and Means of a National Literature , ....... .249 Remarks on the Formation of Associations , to accomplish all Objects by Organised Masses of Society , ..... .279 MISCELLANIES . Daily Prayer , Means of Promoting Christianity ...
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... important and trying , to assert this freedom by action . I should have felt myself disloyal to truth and freedom , had I confined myself to vague commonplaces about our rights , and forborne to bear my testimony expressly and specially ...
... important and trying , to assert this freedom by action . I should have felt myself disloyal to truth and freedom , had I confined myself to vague commonplaces about our rights , and forborne to bear my testimony expressly and specially ...
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... importance demands . I ought not to close this Preface , without expressing my obligation to two of my most valued friends , the Rev. Dr. Tuckerman of Boston , and Professor Norton of Cambridge , without whose solicitations and ...
... importance demands . I ought not to close this Preface , without expressing my obligation to two of my most valued friends , the Rev. Dr. Tuckerman of Boston , and Professor Norton of Cambridge , without whose solicitations and ...
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... important event in literary history . The consideration , that we of this age are the first read- ers of this Treatise , naturally heightens our interest in it ; for we seem in this way to be brought nearer to the author , and to ...
... important event in literary history . The consideration , that we of this age are the first read- ers of this Treatise , naturally heightens our interest in it ; for we seem in this way to be brought nearer to the author , and to ...
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... important qualities of style ; but there are vastly nobler and more important ones ; such as energy and richness , and in these Milton is not surpassed . The best style is not that which puts the reader most easily and in the shortest ...
... important qualities of style ; but there are vastly nobler and more important ones ; such as energy and richness , and in these Milton is not surpassed . The best style is not that which puts the reader most easily and in the shortest ...
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Page 48 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Page 17 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled...
Page 29 - 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 amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren 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 29 - ... faith against the enemies of Christ; to deplore the general relapses of kingdoms and states from justice and God's true worship. Lastly, whatsoever in religion is holy and sublime, in virtue amiable or grave, whatsoever hath passion or admiration in all the changes of that which is called fortune from without, or the wily subtleties and refluxes of man's thoughts from within ; all these things with a solid and treatable smoothness to paint out and describe.
Page 17 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wish'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still, to be so displac'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death...
Page 309 - Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore ; for it is holy unto you : every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death : for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Page 35 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 46 - O Adam, One Almighty is, from whom All things proceed, and up to him return, If not deprav'd from good...
Page 29 - ... the church, to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends, I was destined of a child, and in my own resolutions; till coming to some maturity of years, and perceiving what tyranny had invaded the church, that he who would take orders must subscribe slave, and take an oath...
Page 185 - The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consisteth in the guilt of Adam's first sin, the want of that righteousness wherein he was created, and the corruption of his nature, whereby he is utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite unto all that is spiritually good, and wholly inclined to all evil, and that continually ; which is commonly called original sin, and from which do proceed all actual transgressions.