A Spring Day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful SeasonAuthor, 1819 - 344 pages |
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Page 16
... heavens , and be astonished , O earth ! " it was not only to create him a holy and happy creature , nor , when he had fallen by his iniquity , still to continue to preserve him in being , and supply him out of 16 CREATION .
... heavens , and be astonished , O earth ! " it was not only to create him a holy and happy creature , nor , when he had fallen by his iniquity , still to continue to preserve him in being , and supply him out of 16 CREATION .
Page 91
... happy had it been for his hapless posterity had that been all ; but alas ! by his rebellion he and they were all laid under the eternal wrath and curse of God , which rendered their hearts more hard and barren even than the ground ...
... happy had it been for his hapless posterity had that been all ; but alas ! by his rebellion he and they were all laid under the eternal wrath and curse of God , which rendered their hearts more hard and barren even than the ground ...
Page 126
... Psal . xxxvii . 35. How just is the comparison ! To look with a su- perficial eye on the wicked in prosperity , we are apt , with Israel's king , to conclude that they are happy , and envy their state . Psal 126 A WOOD .
... Psal . xxxvii . 35. How just is the comparison ! To look with a su- perficial eye on the wicked in prosperity , we are apt , with Israel's king , to conclude that they are happy , and envy their state . Psal 126 A WOOD .
Page 127
... happy , and envy their state . Psal . lxxiii . Yonder is a tree with a large and beautiful shade , under which I may find an asylum from the beams of the sun , which are now be- come scorching : Thither will I for a little . go How ...
... happy , and envy their state . Psal . lxxiii . Yonder is a tree with a large and beautiful shade , under which I may find an asylum from the beams of the sun , which are now be- come scorching : Thither will I for a little . go How ...
Page 135
... Happy shrub ! though feeble in thyself , and unable to stand in the furious blast , thou hast made choice of a no- ble support . May I , like thee , take hold of , and lean upon , Christ Jesus by faith , who hath borne the infinitely ...
... Happy shrub ! though feeble in thyself , and unable to stand in the furious blast , thou hast made choice of a no- ble support . May I , like thee , take hold of , and lean upon , Christ Jesus by faith , who hath borne the infinitely ...
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Abihu Adam affliction Almighty beams beasts beautiful bees behold blessed body brook Canaan Christ Jesus ciii cometh CONTEMPLATION creation creature curse darkness death delight destroyed devil divine divine grace doth earth embrio enemies eternal everlasting evil Ezek faith Father field flesh flock flower fruit glory God's goeth gospel grace green bay tree ground grow hand happy hath heart heaven holy Husbandman infinite wrath Israel Jesus Christ John x kingdom of heaven light live Luke maketh manner Matt mercy mighty hand Nadab nature ness night ordinances planted pleasure plough Prov Psal Psalm putteth quadrupeds reason rejoice root royal Psalmist saith Satan saying seed shepherd sinner sins soul sown spiritual spring Sun of righteousness swallow sweet thee thereof things thorns thou tion trees unto wicked wisdom wise wonderful wood xxiii