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But though this barren heath which I now behold , be all ploughed and cross -
tilled , yetifit be not sown and further cultivated , the weeds and poisonous plants
will again take faster root , and grow móre numerous than before , and it will in a
...
But though this barren heath which I now behold , be all ploughed and cross -
tilled , yetifit be not sown and further cultivated , the weeds and poisonous plants
will again take faster root , and grow móre numerous than before , and it will in a
...
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which would have intercepted the growth of the seed ; yet some of the weeds ,
and many of their poisonous roots , still ... together with a great deal of the weeds
of sin and corruption ; though , alas ! many of them with a bitter root still remain ...
which would have intercepted the growth of the seed ; yet some of the weeds ,
and many of their poisonous roots , still ... together with a great deal of the weeds
of sin and corruption ; though , alas ! many of them with a bitter root still remain ...
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Ah ! this is the stony ground which our Lord telleth us of in the parable , where the
seed sprang up quickly , and because it had not much root , when the sun arose
it withered . Hear the beautiful inference which he maketh : “ But he that ...
Ah ! this is the stony ground which our Lord telleth us of in the parable , where the
seed sprang up quickly , and because it had not much root , when the sun arose
it withered . Hear the beautiful inference which he maketh : “ But he that ...
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Here I perceive several beautiful trees growing , as it were , out of one root , like
so many brothers linking their branches together , supporting one another as they
grow ; so that hardly any wind , though blowing ever so tempestuously , shall be ...
Here I perceive several beautiful trees growing , as it were , out of one root , like
so many brothers linking their branches together , supporting one another as they
grow ; so that hardly any wind , though blowing ever so tempestuously , shall be ...
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as little respect and regard to the flower which sprang from the roots of Jesse ,
that plant of renown , Ezek . xxxiv . 29 . , as those beasts do to this flower of the
earth ? To such men Christ is as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor ...
as little respect and regard to the flower which sprang from the roots of Jesse ,
that plant of renown , Ezek . xxxiv . 29 . , as those beasts do to this flower of the
earth ? To such men Christ is as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor ...
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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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