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Page 133
Oh ! I perceive a poor robin has fallen a victim to the fowler . Cruel man ! how
could you deprive such an innocent creature of its existence , and at the very time
it was attempt . ing as it were to soften your cruel breast with its delicate song :
Sure ...
Oh ! I perceive a poor robin has fallen a victim to the fowler . Cruel man ! how
could you deprive such an innocent creature of its existence , and at the very time
it was attempt . ing as it were to soften your cruel breast with its delicate song :
Sure ...
Page 194
Without the poor , not only the wealth , but the dignity of the great , would soon
come to nought , neither without these could those subsist : : thus human society
is still uniformly preserved from decay . How wisely then bath the infinitely wise ...
Without the poor , not only the wealth , but the dignity of the great , would soon
come to nought , neither without these could those subsist : : thus human society
is still uniformly preserved from decay . How wisely then bath the infinitely wise ...
Page 198
If many of the people of the Lord , who are poor in this world , had been planted
in high and opulent circumstances , it is very probable their fulness would have
made them forget God , and thus their prosperity have retarded their growth in ...
If many of the people of the Lord , who are poor in this world , had been planted
in high and opulent circumstances , it is very probable their fulness would have
made them forget God , and thus their prosperity have retarded their growth in ...
Page 221
This circumstance putteth me in mind , that however much the wicked may
oppress and tyrannize over the people of the Lord , and those that are poor in this
world , and though these poor oppressed can do nothing but cry ; yet their cries
shall ...
This circumstance putteth me in mind , that however much the wicked may
oppress and tyrannize over the people of the Lord , and those that are poor in this
world , and though these poor oppressed can do nothing but cry ; yet their cries
shall ...
Page 337
And shall the poor blind heathens put enlightened Christians to shame ? From all
this may I learn , like this poor man , evening and morning , to be presenting my
body a living sacrifice , holy , acceptable unto God , which is my reasonable ...
And shall the poor blind heathens put enlightened Christians to shame ? From all
this may I learn , like this poor man , evening and morning , to be presenting my
body a living sacrifice , holy , acceptable unto God , which is my reasonable ...
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Page 133 - For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another ; though my reins be consumed within me.
Page 85 - When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.
Page 287 - Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, And shut thy doors about thee: Hide thyself as it were for a little moment, Until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : The earth also shall disclose her blood, And shall no more cover her slain.
Page 286 - Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing : let them not feed, nor drink water : but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Page 226 - Passing through the street near her corner ; And he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening, In the black and dark night...
Page 256 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 115 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Page 163 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 227 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks ; till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Page 279 - How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
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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 |
| Publisher | author, 1806 |
| Length | 338 pages |
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