Poems, Volume 4P. Wilson, 1765 |
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Charles Churchill. When Thou art to Thyfelf , thy Sire unknown , A Whole , Welch Genealogy Alone ? No , ' tis thy inward Man , thy proper Worth , Thy right just Eftimation here on earth , Thy Life and Doctrine uniformly join'd , And ...
Charles Churchill. When Thou art to Thyfelf , thy Sire unknown , A Whole , Welch Genealogy Alone ? No , ' tis thy inward Man , thy proper Worth , Thy right just Eftimation here on earth , Thy Life and Doctrine uniformly join'd , And ...
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... whole race of men are mutually related to each other , that their concerns are too clofely connected to bear a feparation , that they came out of the hands of the fame Creator , are sustained by the Provi- dence of the fame Preferver ...
... whole race of men are mutually related to each other , that their concerns are too clofely connected to bear a feparation , that they came out of the hands of the fame Creator , are sustained by the Provi- dence of the fame Preferver ...
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Charles Churchill. On the whole if it is reasonable that the Creature should acknowledge his dependance on the Creator , that thofe who have done amifs fhould confefs it , and afk forgiveness , that those who stand in need of many good ...
Charles Churchill. On the whole if it is reasonable that the Creature should acknowledge his dependance on the Creator , that thofe who have done amifs fhould confefs it , and afk forgiveness , that those who stand in need of many good ...
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... whole behaviour of an offending Child that he is heartily forry for his offence , doth not extend to him the ufual expreffions of his Love and Fa- vour , till he makes acknowledgment of his crime , and afks pardon for it ; neither will ...
... whole behaviour of an offending Child that he is heartily forry for his offence , doth not extend to him the ufual expreffions of his Love and Fa- vour , till he makes acknowledgment of his crime , and afks pardon for it ; neither will ...
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... whole life fpent in the indulgence of Senfuality and Libertinifm . So much as the foul is fuperior to the body , so much are the pleasures of the one beyond those of the other . Corporeal gratifications are violent , but not lafting ...
... whole life fpent in the indulgence of Senfuality and Libertinifm . So much as the foul is fuperior to the body , so much are the pleasures of the one beyond those of the other . Corporeal gratifications are violent , but not lafting ...
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Page 103 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 117 - ... that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 55 - Father, and the drops of dew declare their having been begotten by him ; but in a more eminent and exalted fenfe he is the Father of Man, having created him after his own image ; whence Adam is called the Son of God, and Man may more efpecially fay with the Prophet, Have we not all one Father ? Hath not one God created us?
Page 63 - Fathers, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto...
Page 115 - Warlike weapons will be unknown in a region of universal love and peace, where " the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.
Page 17 - Prayers, we cannot cannot but be fenfible, that to God we owe them, and to God we ought to be. thankful for them. But, fay they, though it may be reafonable, and neceflary to pray to a Being of infinite knowledge and goodnefs, furely it cannot be fo, to pray to a Being of abfolute immutability, who is not a Man that he fhould lie, nor the fon of Man, that he fhould repent; in whom there is no.
Page 110 - O Merciful God, who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live; Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word...
Page 82 - PRAISE the Lord, O my foul : and all that is within me praife his holy Name.
Page ii - To give, but little. — To great Glo'ster health! Nor let thy true and proper love of wealth Here take a false alarm — in purse though poor, In spirit I'm right proud, nor can endure The mention of a bribe — thy pocket's free: I, though a dedicator, scorn a fee. Let thy own offspring all thy fortunes share; I would not Allen rob, nor Allen's heir.
Page 208 - God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able to bear ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that we may be able to bear it.