Meditations Among the Tombs: In a Letter to a LadyJ. and J. Rivington; and J. Leake, Bath, 1746 - Всего страниц: 122 |
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... rich and finifhed Structure , that the Sun ever faw , Yet upon a Review of his Work , and a Re- flection on the tranfcendent Perfections of the Godhead , how he exalts the one , and abafes the other ? The Building was too glorious for ...
... rich and finifhed Structure , that the Sun ever faw , Yet upon a Review of his Work , and a Re- flection on the tranfcendent Perfections of the Godhead , how he exalts the one , and abafes the other ? The Building was too glorious for ...
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... rich towards GOD . O ! that we may walk from henceforth through all these glittering Toys , at leaft with a wife Indifference , if not with a fupe . rior Difdain ! Having enough for the Con- veniencies of Life , let us only accommodate ...
... rich towards GOD . O ! that we may walk from henceforth through all these glittering Toys , at leaft with a wife Indifference , if not with a fupe . rior Difdain ! Having enough for the Con- veniencies of Life , let us only accommodate ...
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... Rich alfo they were , more honourably and permanently rich , than all the Votaries of Mammon . The Wealth of the One has made itfelf Wings , and is irrecoverably gone ; while the wretched Acquirers are tranfmitted to that Place of ...
... Rich alfo they were , more honourably and permanently rich , than all the Votaries of Mammon . The Wealth of the One has made itfelf Wings , and is irrecoverably gone ; while the wretched Acquirers are tranfmitted to that Place of ...
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... rich with Mines , are abandoned to the devouring Flames ; Thefe fhall be rescued from the fiery Ruin These fhall be tranflated into JEHO- VAH'S Kingdom , and , conjointly with the Soul , made his Jewels , " made his peculiar Treafure ...
... rich with Mines , are abandoned to the devouring Flames ; Thefe fhall be rescued from the fiery Ruin These fhall be tranflated into JEHO- VAH'S Kingdom , and , conjointly with the Soul , made his Jewels , " made his peculiar Treafure ...
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... rich Favours , can enkindle a pro- per Warmth of grateful Affection . Then build thyfelf a Monument , moft gracious Immanuel , build thyfelf an everlasting Mo- nument , of Gratitude in our Souls . In- scribe the Memory of thy matchless ...
... rich Favours , can enkindle a pro- per Warmth of grateful Affection . Then build thyfelf a Monument , moft gracious Immanuel , build thyfelf an everlasting Mo- nument , of Gratitude in our Souls . In- scribe the Memory of thy matchless ...
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Стр. 5 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
Стр. 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.
Стр. 51 - Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister.
Стр. 67 - 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.
Стр. 77 - To consider further this double end in the works of Nature, and how they are at the same time both useful and entertaining, we find that the most important parts in the vegetable world are those which are the most beautiful.
Стр. 74 - So much of eternity is gone;" for when millions of centuries are elapsed, it is but just commencing; and, when millions more have run their ample round, it will be no nearer ending. Yea, when ages, numerous as the bloom of spring, increased by the herbage of summer, both augmented by the leaves of autumn, and all multiplied by the drops of rain which drown the winter — when these, and ten thousand times ten thousand more...
Стр. 15 - Name : which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flefh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Стр. 55 - In a grove of tulips, or a knot of pinks, one perceives a difference in almost every individual. Scarce any two are turned and tinctured exactly alike. Each allows himself a little particularity in his dress, though all belong to one family : so that they are various, and yet the same.
Стр. 45 - Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him ; and his example kept others from taking any thing ill, or at least seeming to do so. In a word, a brighter courage, and a gentler disposition, were never married together to make the most cheerful and innocent conversation.
Стр. 14 - Tis written, indeed, of its suffering Saviour, that when He had tasted the vinegar mingled with gall, He would not drink. And did our new-come stranger begin to sip the cup of life : but, perceiving the bitterness, turn away its head, and refuse the draught ? Was this the cause, why the wary babe only opened its eyes : just looked on the light : and then withdrew into the more inviting regions of undisturbed repose?