A Spring Day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful SeasonAuthor, 1819 - 344 pages |
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... contemplation . It is therefore in order to point out some suitable subjects for this , which may be happily improved for our advantage , that the following work is composed . I am well aware , that those who expect to find in it that ...
... contemplation . It is therefore in order to point out some suitable subjects for this , which may be happily improved for our advantage , that the following work is composed . I am well aware , that those who expect to find in it that ...
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... contemplate , not only the God of Nature , but also the God of Grace , the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 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 themes ...
... contemplate , not only the God of Nature , but also the God of Grace , the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 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 themes ...
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... contemplate the works of God ; it certainly is and ought to be ours , their fallen race . Meditation is a duty to which the rational soul naturally prompts man . It was by con- templating the works of creation , that the heathens ...
... contemplate the works of God ; it certainly is and ought to be ours , their fallen race . Meditation is a duty to which the rational soul naturally prompts man . It was by con- templating the works of creation , that the heathens ...
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... contemplation of high and noble objects , and to look for happiness somewhere else than from the earth ; besides , this elegant structure of the body , with the majesty of the countenance , serve to overawe the brutal creation . If we ...
... contemplation of high and noble objects , and to look for happiness somewhere else than from the earth ; besides , this elegant structure of the body , with the majesty of the countenance , serve to overawe the brutal creation . If we ...
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... contemplation of infinity 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 lap , ) was maimed in all its powers , and greatly defiled , yet ...
... contemplation of infinity 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 lap , ) was maimed in all its powers , and greatly defiled , yet ...
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