The Christian spectator. New ser. [of The Monthly Christian spectator]., Volumes 3-41862 |
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... fear of Him whose ' anger burned unto the lowest hell . ' Or , if another ' enlightened ' seer , gifted with special insight into divine mysteries , had assured the wandering host , as they stood at their tent doors by nightfall , to ...
... fear of Him whose ' anger burned unto the lowest hell . ' Or , if another ' enlightened ' seer , gifted with special insight into divine mysteries , had assured the wandering host , as they stood at their tent doors by nightfall , to ...
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... fear , he did not worship , as others do . He separated himself from other men , and apparently from God . There was nothing earnest , enthusiastic , heroic , or chivalrous in his nature , and as little was there anything mean ...
... fear , he did not worship , as others do . He separated himself from other men , and apparently from God . There was nothing earnest , enthusiastic , heroic , or chivalrous in his nature , and as little was there anything mean ...
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... fear the end -for the end will not be far off , and the one who can bear a thoughtless unkind word without recrimination , exercises greater qualities than he that taketh a city . ' He who can thus van- quish his own self - love is a ...
... fear the end -for the end will not be far off , and the one who can bear a thoughtless unkind word without recrimination , exercises greater qualities than he that taketh a city . ' He who can thus van- quish his own self - love is a ...
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... fear there is not much expectation of that radical reconstruction of church life which is needed in England . That which we really require is the total destruction of both Church and Dissent , so as to leave the ground clear for a new ...
... fear there is not much expectation of that radical reconstruction of church life which is needed in England . That which we really require is the total destruction of both Church and Dissent , so as to leave the ground clear for a new ...
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... fear in the minds of Multitudes of the Loyal Subjects of Christ , left , by such Additions or Diminutions in the matters of his Worship , they should provoke him to displeasure as will be a certain perpetual Hindrance to any common ...
... fear in the minds of Multitudes of the Loyal Subjects of Christ , left , by such Additions or Diminutions in the matters of his Worship , they should provoke him to displeasure as will be a certain perpetual Hindrance to any common ...
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Page 25 - Thou wilt not leave us in the dust: Thou madest man, he knows not why, He thinks he was not made to die; And thou hast made him: thou art just.
Page 105 - For woman is not undevelopt man, But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet love were slain : his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow ; The man be more of woman, she of man...
Page 85 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 26 - I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope.
Page 93 - I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Shouldst lead me on. I loved to choose and see my path ; but now Lead Thou me on ! I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will : remember not past years.
Page 109 - In Love, if Love be Love, if Love be ours, Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers : Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. " It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all.
Page 679 - Elizabeth! Elizabeth!" (A sweeter woman ne'er drew breath Than my sonne's wife, Elizabeth.) " The old sea wall (he cried) is downe, The rising tide comes on apace, And boats adrift in yonder towne Go sailing uppe the market-place.
Page 31 - That he shouts with his sister at play ! 0 well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But...
Page 169 - I trust I have not wasted breath: I think we are not wholly brain, Magnetic mockeries; not in vain, Like Paul with beasts, I fought with Death; Not only cunning casts in clay: Let Science prove we are, and then What matters Science unto men, At least to me? I would not stay.
Page 8 - I am verily persuaded, I am very confident, the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of his holy word. For my part, I cannot sufficiently bewail the condition of the reformed churches, who are come to a period in religion, and will go, at present, no farther than the instruments of their reformation.