The Whole Works of the Rev. James Hervey: In Six Volumes, Volume 2Thomas Tegg, 1825 |
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... thought , that it is not absolutely impossible to make even the stern face of controversy wear a smile , and to reap some valuable fruit from the rugged furrows of disputation . Whether this is effected in the present work , the public ...
... thought , that it is not absolutely impossible to make even the stern face of controversy wear a smile , and to reap some valuable fruit from the rugged furrows of disputation . Whether this is effected in the present work , the public ...
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... thoughts with a scrupulous regularity . I would conduct my fellow - creature to the supreme and eternal good , Christ Jesus . I have chosen the path which seemed most agreeable and inviting , rather than most beaten and frequented . If ...
... thoughts with a scrupulous regularity . I would conduct my fellow - creature to the supreme and eternal good , Christ Jesus . I have chosen the path which seemed most agreeable and inviting , rather than most beaten and frequented . If ...
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... thought every note was a tribute of harmony ; and all nature seemed one grand chorus , swelling with the Creator's praise . But how has the scene been re- versed , when leaving my rural elysium , I entered the haunts of men ! where I ...
... thought every note was a tribute of harmony ; and all nature seemed one grand chorus , swelling with the Creator's praise . But how has the scene been re- versed , when leaving my rural elysium , I entered the haunts of men ! where I ...
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... thought , or weighty with solidity of sense . The whole , like a profusion of pearls , each containing , in a very small compass , a value almost immense , all heaped up ( as an ingenious critic speaks ) with a confused magnifi- cence ...
... thought , or weighty with solidity of sense . The whole , like a profusion of pearls , each containing , in a very small compass , a value almost immense , all heaped up ( as an ingenious critic speaks ) with a confused magnifi- cence ...
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... thought , the arches of heaven expand their azure ; turrets and spires shoot into the skies ; towns , with their spacious edifices , spread themselves to the admi- ring view . Those lawns , green with freshest herb- age ; those fields ...
... thought , the arches of heaven expand their azure ; turrets and spires shoot into the skies ; towns , with their spacious edifices , spread themselves to the admi- ring view . Those lawns , green with freshest herb- age ; those fields ...
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Page 179 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Page 209 - Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Page 168 - Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel : because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
Page 220 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 79 - For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of 'Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices : but this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Page 217 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 329 - What is man, that he should be clean? And he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints ; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. How much more abominable and filthy Is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Page 116 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Page 26 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Page 327 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children .of men to see if there were any that did understand and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are altogether become filthy ; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.