A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
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... a sorrowful life , and at length to bear all that infinite wrath , or equal to it , which
the elect should have borne through all eternity , and die the shameful , painful ,
accursed death of the cross for man ; vile , sinful man , - his avowed enemy !
... a sorrowful life , and at length to bear all that infinite wrath , or equal to it , which
the elect should have borne through all eternity , and die the shameful , painful ,
accursed death of the cross for man ; vile , sinful man , - his avowed enemy !
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Also from their tops they afford an agreeable prospect of the lowlands ; . and
enable to descry enemies at a distance . in time of war , and so timely to provide
for , safety . To this we may add , they are admirably adapted for the
accommodation ...
Also from their tops they afford an agreeable prospect of the lowlands ; . and
enable to descry enemies at a distance . in time of war , and so timely to provide
for , safety . To this we may add , they are admirably adapted for the
accommodation ...
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Those of them which have the least means of defending them . selves by
offensive operations , against the attacks of enemies , are either put more
immediately under the care of man , such as the sheep , or enabled to elude the
foe by agility ...
Those of them which have the least means of defending them . selves by
offensive operations , against the attacks of enemies , are either put more
immediately under the care of man , such as the sheep , or enabled to elude the
foe by agility ...
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Three of these centinels , or out - posts , that are more absolutely necessary for
the preservation of the body , are sheltered from the inj uries of the weather , or
attacks of enemies , in little chambers as it were , or watchhouses . Thus the eye ...
Three of these centinels , or out - posts , that are more absolutely necessary for
the preservation of the body , are sheltered from the inj uries of the weather , or
attacks of enemies , in little chambers as it were , or watchhouses . Thus the eye ...
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He , to the apprehension of his enemies , finally set on the cross , when he
yielded up the ghost : while the sun in the firmament hid his face with a sable
covering , as ashamed to behold his Creator ' s sufferings ; and the vail of the
temple rent ...
He , to the apprehension of his enemies , finally set on the cross , when he
yielded up the ghost : while the sun in the firmament hid his face with a sable
covering , as ashamed to behold his Creator ' s sufferings ; and the vail of the
temple rent ...
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| Title | A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
| Author | James Fisher |
| Publisher | author, 1806 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 338 pages |
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