A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Seasonauthor, 1806 - 338 pages |
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Page 69
... Poor creature ! it appears to have been in the mire , for it is all defiled ; he is washing it passionate he is ! at yonder rill ; how com- In like manner , the great In like manner , Shepherd of Israel washeth Ěevery one of his flock ...
... Poor creature ! it appears to have been in the mire , for it is all defiled ; he is washing it passionate he is ! at yonder rill ; how com- In like manner , the great In like manner , Shepherd of Israel washeth Ěevery one of his flock ...
Page 71
... Poor innocent lambs ! the period is not far distant , when many of you will be led to the slaughter , nor will you repine at your fate . So the great Shepherd of his flock , for his people's sins , was led as a lamb to the slaugh- ter ...
... Poor innocent lambs ! the period is not far distant , when many of you will be led to the slaughter , nor will you repine at your fate . So the great Shepherd of his flock , for his people's sins , was led as a lamb to the slaugh- ter ...
Page 77
... poor soul , with unbe- lief , hard thoughts of God , and despair , which are incomparably more cruel than beasts of prey and the man goeth to work the works of God , even to " believe in Christ " Jesus whom he hath sent , " John vi . 28 ...
... poor soul , with unbe- lief , hard thoughts of God , and despair , which are incomparably more cruel than beasts of prey and the man goeth to work the works of God , even to " believe in Christ " Jesus whom he hath sent , " John vi . 28 ...
Page 80
... Creator which we here behold . No wonder if the poor blind heathen mistook him for his Maker , and paid that worship to this lumi- nary which was due to him alone . But for what do we love the sun most ? 80 THE SUN .
... Creator which we here behold . No wonder if the poor blind heathen mistook him for his Maker , and paid that worship to this lumi- nary which was due to him alone . But for what do we love the sun most ? 80 THE SUN .
Page 91
... poor , and blind , and naked , " Rev. iii . 17. , all filthy , and obnoxious to di- vine wrath . This heath , in its uncultivated state , was good for nothing but casting for fuel : the wild fowls hatched in it ; there the poison- ous ...
... poor , and blind , and naked , " Rev. iii . 17. , all filthy , and obnoxious to di- vine wrath . This heath , in its uncultivated state , was good for nothing but casting for fuel : the wild fowls hatched in it ; there the poison- ous ...
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