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Page 51
... passing over minute particulars , we shall only allude to instances of a general nature . The form and proportions of the human frame , and its different members , indicate the greatest wisdom . God has formed the human body ac- cording ...
... passing over minute particulars , we shall only allude to instances of a general nature . The form and proportions of the human frame , and its different members , indicate the greatest wisdom . God has formed the human body ac- cording ...
Page 73
... prevalence of good is greater than that of evil . To render this truth more evident , let us calculate how many days we have passed in the enjoyment of health , and how few in which we have suffered THE GOODNESS OF PROVIDENCE . 73.
... prevalence of good is greater than that of evil . To render this truth more evident , let us calculate how many days we have passed in the enjoyment of health , and how few in which we have suffered THE GOODNESS OF PROVIDENCE . 73.
Page 125
... passed through pains and perils - she lives but for him and those dear pledges of affection which bear his name and his image . Her worth he has tried , and proved , and acknowledged.- O happy they ! the happiest of their kind , Whose ...
... passed through pains and perils - she lives but for him and those dear pledges of affection which bear his name and his image . Her worth he has tried , and proved , and acknowledged.- O happy they ! the happiest of their kind , Whose ...
Page 131
... passed by , he had probably pushed the babe into the stream . A covetous man might have spared the child to be his slave . But the royal princess walked that way , and her heart is moved with compassion for the weeping infant . By this ...
... passed by , he had probably pushed the babe into the stream . A covetous man might have spared the child to be his slave . But the royal princess walked that way , and her heart is moved with compassion for the weeping infant . By this ...
Page 138
... passing of the Act of Uniformity , unless he had previously taken the oath of non - residence . In reference to this melancholy state of affairs , Baxter exclaims , " So little did the sense of God's terrible judgments , or of the ...
... passing of the Act of Uniformity , unless he had previously taken the oath of non - residence . In reference to this melancholy state of affairs , Baxter exclaims , " So little did the sense of God's terrible judgments , or of the ...
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Page 98 - Let no man say when he is tempted ; I am tempted of God ; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed : then, when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin ; and sin, .when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Page 26 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, To set them among princes, And to make them inherit the throne of glory : For the pillars of the earth are the LORD s, And he hath set the world upon them.
Page 177 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 45 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy.
Page 153 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years...
Page 230 - When all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Page 80 - Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, Even the Most High, thy habitation ; There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Page 214 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 206 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 45 - THESE, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, Thy tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy.