A Spring Day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
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Then Nature , having burst the iron fetters of stern Winter , and broken down its
icy prison , shivering at first , creeps gently forth ; but now , having become vivid ,
wantons gaily over all the fields , strewing the earth with flowers , and pouring ...
Then Nature , having burst the iron fetters of stern Winter , and broken down its
icy prison , shivering at first , creeps gently forth ; but now , having become vivid ,
wantons gaily over all the fields , strewing the earth with flowers , and pouring ...
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Up that majestic ladder , the rounds of which thou hast so elegantly described ,
may all ascend to 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 ...
Up that majestic ladder , the rounds of which thou hast so elegantly described ,
may all ascend to 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 ...
Page 9
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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... that , for a considerable time , he could be employed in nothing else , but in
alternately wondering and praising ? especially if we consider that he was
created after the Divine Image , and consequently , nothing was so natural or
delightful to ...
... that , for a considerable time , he could be employed in nothing else , but in
alternately wondering and praising ? especially if we consider that he was
created after the Divine Image , and consequently , nothing was so natural or
delightful to ...
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... and employ his wisdom in consulting the natures of the different species of
those creatures , and give them their designations accordingly , which doubtless
he did . After this we find the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon him ; and
...
... and employ his wisdom in consulting the natures of the different species of
those creatures , and give them their designations accordingly , which doubtless
he did . After this we find the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon him ; 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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