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 99
... saith he , " that I might not sin against thee , Psalm cxix . 11 . ed From this ground , which is now harrow- over , I behold large quantities of weeds gathered together , with a number of stones , 1 1 which would have intercepted the ...
... saith he , " that I might not sin against thee , Psalm cxix . 11 . ed From this ground , which is now harrow- over , I behold large quantities of weeds gathered together , with a number of stones , 1 1 which would have intercepted the ...
Page 127
... saith he , " in great power , and spreading himself like a green bay tree , " Psal . xxxvii . 35. How just is the comparison ! To look with a su- perficial eye on the wicked in prosperity , we are apt , with Israel's king , to conclude ...
... saith he , " in great power , and spreading himself like a green bay tree , " Psal . xxxvii . 35. How just is the comparison ! To look with a su- perficial eye on the wicked in prosperity , we are apt , with Israel's king , to conclude ...
Page 129
... saith , " I sat under his " shadow with great delight , and his fruit " was sweet to my taste , " Cant . ii . 3 . He is that tree of life whose leaves are for the healing of the nations , Rev. xxii . 2. , but blessed be God , though he ...
... saith , " I sat under his " shadow with great delight , and his fruit " was sweet to my taste , " Cant . ii . 3 . He is that tree of life whose leaves are for the healing of the nations , Rev. xxii . 2. , but blessed be God , though he ...
Page 134
... the means , through grace , of giving them a merciful turn of mind when they arrive at riper age : " Train up a child in the way he go , and when he is old he will not " should " " depart from it , " saith the inspired 134 A WOOD .
... the means , through grace , of giving them a merciful turn of mind when they arrive at riper age : " Train up a child in the way he go , and when he is old he will not " should " " depart from it , " saith the inspired 134 A WOOD .
Page 135
... saith the inspired Solo- mon , Prov : xxii . 6 . Here is a lofty spreading oak , probably destined to encounter the dangers of the sea , and the fiery storms of war ; round which clings the woodbine . Happy shrub ! though feeble in ...
... saith the inspired Solo- mon , Prov : xxii . 6 . Here is a lofty spreading oak , probably destined to encounter the dangers of the sea , and the fiery storms of war ; round which clings the woodbine . Happy shrub ! though feeble in ...
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