A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Seasonauthor, 1806 - 338 pages |
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... contemplation . It is therefore in order to point out some suitable subjects for this , which may be happily im- proved for our advantage , that the following work is composed . I am well aware , that those who expect to find in it ...
... contemplation . It is therefore in order to point out some suitable subjects for this , which may be happily im- proved for our advantage , that the following work is composed . I am well aware , that those who expect to find in it ...
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... contemplate , not only the God of Nature , but also the God of Grace , the God and Father of our Lord Je- sus Christ , by whom the worlds were made , If this be not the use which is made of thy lofty strains of poetry , and my low ...
... contemplate , not only the God of Nature , but also the God of Grace , the God and Father of our Lord Je- sus Christ , by whom the worlds were made , If this be not the use which is made of thy lofty strains of poetry , and my low ...
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... contemplation , not for a short space , but for a long time ? And can we suppose that Adam , as has been already observed , would be less astonished at finding himself , and be- holding creation around ? nay , certainly , un- speakably ...
... contemplation , not for a short space , but for a long time ? And can we suppose that Adam , as has been already observed , would be less astonished at finding himself , and be- holding creation around ? nay , certainly , un- speakably ...
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... , as well as a great part of the employment of man , in a state of innocence , to contemplate the works of God ; it certainly is and ought to be ours , their fallen race . Meditation is a duty to which the ra- tional soul CREATION .
... , as well as a great part of the employment of man , in a state of innocence , to contemplate the works of God ; it certainly is and ought to be ours , their fallen race . Meditation is a duty to which the ra- tional soul CREATION .
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... contemplation of in- finity itself . What a noble creature then is the soul of man ! True , indeed , it , by the fall of Adam , ( as Mephibosheth falling out of his nurse's łap ) , was maimed in all its powers , CREATION . 43.
... contemplation of in- finity itself . What a noble creature then is the soul of man ! True , indeed , it , by the fall of Adam , ( as Mephibosheth falling out of his nurse's łap ) , was maimed in all its powers , CREATION . 43.
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