A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Seasonauthor, 1806 - 338 pages |
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... live in gospel days ! The works of nature naturally lead the con- templative mind up the stream of creation to God the fountain - head . This they did to David , and so should they do to us . All the works which we behold shew forth his ...
... live in gospel days ! The works of nature naturally lead the con- templative mind up the stream of creation to God the fountain - head . This they did to David , and so should they do to us . All the works which we behold shew forth his ...
Page 31
... live whole- ly on the land , which neither sow nor ga- ther into barns ? Shall they starve ? No : for we are told our heavenly Father feedeth them . Mat . vi . 26 . 66 Grudge not then , ye husbandmen , when the birds of the air descend ...
... live whole- ly on the land , which neither sow nor ga- ther into barns ? Shall they starve ? No : for we are told our heavenly Father feedeth them . Mat . vi . 26 . 66 Grudge not then , ye husbandmen , when the birds of the air descend ...
Page 68
... live , saith " the Lord God , surely because my flock be- " came a prey , and my flock became meat to every beast of the field , because there was " no shepherd , neither did my shepherds " search for my flock ; but the shepherds fed ...
... live , saith " the Lord God , surely because my flock be- " came a prey , and my flock became meat to every beast of the field , because there was " no shepherd , neither did my shepherds " search for my flock ; but the shepherds fed ...
Page 121
... live as bre- thren , linking their concerns together , sup- porting and strengthening one another ? If this were the case , how stable and flourish- ing would kingdoms , nations , and families be ! Then the storms of anarchy , sedition ...
... live as bre- thren , linking their concerns together , sup- porting and strengthening one another ? If this were the case , how stable and flourish- ing would kingdoms , nations , and families be ! Then the storms of anarchy , sedition ...
Page 129
... live for ever , Isa . lv . 1. Matt . xi . 28. 2 Cor . v . 20. John iii . 16. O that I may then say from expe- rience , " I sat down under his shadow with great delight , and his fruit was sweet to my taste , " Cant . ii . 3 . While I am ...
... live for ever , Isa . lv . 1. Matt . xi . 28. 2 Cor . v . 20. John iii . 16. O that I may then say from expe- rience , " I sat down under his shadow with great delight , and his fruit was sweet to my taste , " Cant . ii . 3 . While I am ...
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