A Spring Day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
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If the king of Israel was lost in thought at viewing this afar off , what ought we to be
who live in gospel days ! The works of nature naturally lead the contemplative
mind up the stream of creation to God the fountain - head . This they did to David
...
If the king of Israel was lost in thought at viewing this afar off , what ought we to be
who live in gospel days ! The works of nature naturally lead the contemplative
mind up the stream of creation to God the fountain - head . This they did to David
...
Page 27
All which show the bounty and care of the indulgent Creator , who hath left none
of his creatures destitute of suitable means for preserving life . But though these
kinds find ample provision in the waters , what becomes of those that live wholely
...
All which show the bounty and care of the indulgent Creator , who hath left none
of his creatures destitute of suitable means for preserving life . But though these
kinds find ample provision in the waters , what becomes of those that live wholely
...
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what becomes of those that live wholely on the land , which neither sow , nor
gather into barns ? Shall they starve ? No : for we are told our heavenly Father
feedeth them . Matt . vi . 26 . Grudge not then , ye husbandmen , when the birds of
the ...
what becomes of those that live wholely on the land , which neither sow , nor
gather into barns ? Shall they starve ? No : for we are told our heavenly Father
feedeth them . Matt . vi . 26 . Grudge not then , ye husbandmen , when the birds of
the ...
Page 69
As I live , “ saith the Lord God , surely because my “ flock became 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 ...
As I live , “ saith the Lord God , surely because my “ flock became 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 ...
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... blowing ever so tempestuously , shall be able to overturn them . A beautiful
emblem this , of what men ought to do : being all sprung from one root by nature ,
ought not they to live as brethren , linking their concerns together , supporting
and ...
... blowing ever so tempestuously , shall be able to overturn them . A beautiful
emblem this , of what men ought to do : being all sprung from one root by nature ,
ought not they to live as brethren , linking their concerns together , supporting
and ...
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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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