A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Seasonauthor, 1806 - 338 pages |
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... tion of the world , are clearly seen , being " understood by the things that are made , " even his eternal power and Godhead , " Rom . i . 19 , 20. If heathens made so great a progress by reading in the volume of crea- tion , at the dim ...
... tion of the world , are clearly seen , being " understood by the things that are made , " even his eternal power and Godhead , " Rom . i . 19 , 20. If heathens made so great a progress by reading in the volume of crea- tion , at the dim ...
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... tion here again appeareth the goodness of God ; for if all had been hills and moun- tains , how fatigued would man and beast have been in culturing them for their suste- nance ? But , blessed be the Lord , though , in consequence of the ...
... tion here again appeareth the goodness of God ; for if all had been hills and moun- tains , how fatigued would man and beast have been in culturing them for their suste- nance ? But , blessed be the Lord , though , in consequence of the ...
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... tion ) is compelled by his cheering beams , to withdraw from the poor soul , with unbe- lief , hard thoughts of God , and despair , which are incomparably more cruel than beasts of prey and the man goeth to work the works of God , even ...
... tion ) is compelled by his cheering beams , to withdraw from the poor soul , with unbe- lief , hard thoughts of God , and despair , which are incomparably more cruel than beasts of prey and the man goeth to work the works of God , even ...
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... tion of the trees after their neighbour had ̧ fallen , and alas ! too often leaveth no salu- tary effect . Here , in this rather marshy place , is an aged alder , in the trunk of which the night- owl has often shrieked , hatched , and ...
... tion of the trees after their neighbour had ̧ fallen , and alas ! too often leaveth no salu- tary effect . Here , in this rather marshy place , is an aged alder , in the trunk of which the night- owl has often shrieked , hatched , and ...
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... have proved the destruc- tion of all the Israelites , Joshua vii . " If " I regard sin in my heart , the Lord will " not hear me , " saith the Psalmist , Psalm lxvi . 18 . * May I therefore from henceforth harbour no sin in my 152 A WOOD .
... have proved the destruc- tion of all the Israelites , Joshua vii . " If " I regard sin in my heart , the Lord will " not hear me , " saith the Psalmist , Psalm lxvi . 18 . * May I therefore from henceforth harbour no sin in my 152 A WOOD .
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Page 149 - 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 97 - 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 307 - 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 306 - 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 244 - 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 268 - 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 131 - 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 179 - 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 245 - 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 299 - 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.