A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Seasonauthor, 1806 - 338 pages |
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... nature naturally lead the con- templative mind up the stream of creation to God the fountain - head . This they did to David , and so should they do to us . All the works which we behold shew forth his wis- dom , power , and goodness ...
... nature naturally lead the con- templative mind up the stream of creation to God the fountain - head . This they did to David , and so should they do to us . All the works which we behold shew forth his wis- dom , power , and goodness ...
Page 21
... nature . The mountains , being a repository for gra- nite , metals , and minerals , which are so in- dispensably necessary for mechanical labours and medicine , display the wisdom of the Creator ; for if such had not been stored up in ...
... nature . The mountains , being a repository for gra- nite , metals , and minerals , which are so in- dispensably necessary for mechanical labours and medicine , display the wisdom of the Creator ; for if such had not been stored up in ...
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... nature , receive agreeable sensations from the power of melody , delight in the fra- grance of the field , relish food , or find com- fort in life ? These senses , in part , are indeed common to the brutal creation , but there is one ...
... nature , receive agreeable sensations from the power of melody , delight in the fra- grance of the field , relish food , or find com- fort in life ? These senses , in part , are indeed common to the brutal creation , but there is one ...
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... he was dead ! that the world might be assured of the truth of his death . Oh the greatness of the wrath of almighty God , and the heinous nature of our sins , that nothing less than the last drop of the heart's blood of CREATION . 39.
... he was dead ! that the world might be assured of the truth of his death . Oh the greatness of the wrath of almighty God , and the heinous nature of our sins , that nothing less than the last drop of the heart's blood of CREATION . 39.
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... natural world , " Let there be light . " When he gave that infinitely merciful and unspeakably precious promise , that the seed of the woman should bruise the head of the serpent , Gen. iii . 15. this no doubt surprised Adam with joy ...
... natural world , " Let there be light . " When he gave that infinitely merciful and unspeakably precious promise , that the seed of the woman should bruise the head of the serpent , Gen. iii . 15. this no doubt surprised Adam with joy ...
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