A Spring Day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
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THE works of God are a great book , consisting of three incomprehensible
volumes , namely , Nature , Providence , and Grace ; which continually lie open
for the perusal of all in heaven and all on earth . It was on the former of these man
first ...
THE works of God are a great book , consisting of three incomprehensible
volumes , namely , Nature , Providence , and Grace ; which continually lie open
for the perusal of all in heaven and all on earth . It was on the former of these man
first ...
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Struck with amazement at the infinite greatness , glory , and transcendent
goodness , of the Lord God his Maker , the Creator of heaven and earth , and the
bounties of creation , would not he , for some considerable time , be lost in
gratefully ...
Struck with amazement at the infinite greatness , glory , and transcendent
goodness , of the Lord God his Maker , the Creator of heaven and earth , and the
bounties of creation , would not he , for some considerable time , be lost in
gratefully ...
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... the man having taught her the knowledge of Him , and declared the covenant ,
they doubtless spent their first conjugal hours in that very place , or arbour ,
where Adam first received the hand of his innocent bride from indulgent heaven .
... the man having taught her the knowledge of Him , and declared the covenant ,
they doubtless spent their first conjugal hours in that very place , or arbour ,
where Adam first received the hand of his innocent bride from indulgent heaven .
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I say , in consideration of that Almighty Being , who wrought out the heavens with
his fingers , adorning them with stars , which in number , lustre , and magnitude ,
far surpass the ken of the most acute astronomer , and lighted these wonderful ...
I say , in consideration of that Almighty Being , who wrought out the heavens with
his fingers , adorning them with stars , which in number , lustre , and magnitude ,
far surpass the ken of the most acute astronomer , and lighted these wonderful ...
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... and meted out heaven with a span , and comprehended the dust of the earth in
a measure , and weighed the mountains in scales , and the hills in a balance ;
before whose face the earth and the heavens flee away , and in whose presence
...
... and meted out heaven with a span , and comprehended the dust of the earth in
a measure , and weighed the mountains in scales , and the hills in a balance ;
before whose face the earth and the heavens flee away , and in whose presence
...
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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 |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | Author, 1819 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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