A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Seasonauthor, 1806 - 338 pages |
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Page 93
... kind of low groaning , formed betwixt the oppressed plough , and the harness of the team as it turns up the earth . the earth . In like man- ner , while the law is ploughing and turning up the corrupt natural soil of the sinner's heart ...
... kind of low groaning , formed betwixt the oppressed plough , and the harness of the team as it turns up the earth . the earth . In like man- ner , while the law is ploughing and turning up the corrupt natural soil of the sinner's heart ...
Page 120
... kind by nature , of very opposite dis- positions ; possessing various talents useful for different purposes . Some of these trees , for stature and ma- jesty , look like kings over the rest , being as so many Sauls Sauls among the woody ...
... kind by nature , of very opposite dis- positions ; possessing various talents useful for different purposes . Some of these trees , for stature and ma- jesty , look like kings over the rest , being as so many Sauls Sauls among the woody ...
Page 123
... kind , and therefore dan- gerous to be relied on as a mark that we are the children of God . Here is a stately walnut tree , under the shade of which grow a few young ashes , which have unhappily been planted there by the wind ; for ...
... kind , and therefore dan- gerous to be relied on as a mark that we are the children of God . Here is a stately walnut tree , under the shade of which grow a few young ashes , which have unhappily been planted there by the wind ; for ...
Page 129
... kind , and infinite- ly better , to which he hath not only allow- ed free access , but also invited , nay , even entreated , -- astonishing love ! --- and earnestly besought us , who were not his friends , but enemies , and full of ...
... kind , and infinite- ly better , to which he hath not only allow- ed free access , but also invited , nay , even entreated , -- astonishing love ! --- and earnestly besought us , who were not his friends , but enemies , and full of ...
Page 132
... kind , we ought to consider , that they could do much better without us , than we could do without them : And are they not most obedient servants , not for a short term only , but all their lives , if we choose ; submitting to our ...
... kind , we ought to consider , that they could do much better without us , than we could do without them : And are they not most obedient servants , not for a short term only , but all their lives , if we choose ; submitting to our ...
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