Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mr. William Whiston: Containing Memoirs of Several of His Friends Also, Parts 1-2J. Whiston and B. White, 1753 |
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... divine providence fometimes , for the punishment of notorious wicked men , even in thefe laft days . And I am , and have long been , of the great lord Verulam's opinion , here juftly referred to by Dr. Ford , page 52 , who takes notice ...
... divine providence fometimes , for the punishment of notorious wicked men , even in thefe laft days . And I am , and have long been , of the great lord Verulam's opinion , here juftly referred to by Dr. Ford , page 52 , who takes notice ...
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... divine office " of the Eucharift , nothing can be said to be either " equal or comparable to it . The great plainnefs " and eafinefs of the ftyle , the piety , ardor , and even ecftacy of devotion therein contain'd , and " if any thing ...
... divine office " of the Eucharift , nothing can be said to be either " equal or comparable to it . The great plainnefs " and eafinefs of the ftyle , the piety , ardor , and even ecftacy of devotion therein contain'd , and " if any thing ...
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... divine original . There " are indeed fome difficulties in feveral parts of the " Conftitution , which highly deserve to be con- " fider'd and clear'd : this however I need not " fcruple to affirm , that I , who have read them " more ...
... divine original . There " are indeed fome difficulties in feveral parts of the " Conftitution , which highly deserve to be con- " fider'd and clear'd : this however I need not " fcruple to affirm , that I , who have read them " more ...
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... divine . fervice , and much more charitable and friendly to diffenters than formerly . [ And happy , thrice happy fhould I have thought this unhappy nation now , if , upon our late fears of the pretender and of popery , we had been ...
... divine . fervice , and much more charitable and friendly to diffenters than formerly . [ And happy , thrice happy fhould I have thought this unhappy nation now , if , upon our late fears of the pretender and of popery , we had been ...
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... divine ge- nius , and had already caused several of his fcholars to keep Acts , as we call them , upon several branches of the Newtonian philofophy ; while we at Cambridge , poor wretches , were ignominiously ftudying the fictitious ...
... divine ge- nius , and had already caused several of his fcholars to keep Acts , as we call them , upon several branches of the Newtonian philofophy ; while we at Cambridge , poor wretches , were ignominiously ftudying the fictitious ...
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Page 243 - Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 369 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with Thy most gracious favour, and further us with Thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in Thee, we may glorify Thy holy name, and finally by Thy mercy obtain everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 369 - ... they shall take up serpents ; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Page 371 - Almighty Lord, who is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey, be now and evermore thy defence; and make...
Page 428 - For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law...
Page 428 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 243 - Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms ; And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach, far worse to bear Than violence ; for this was all thy care, To stand approved in sight of God, though worlds Judged thee perverse...
Page 121 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin : but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Page 251 - Cambridge, made me his successor; so did I enjoy a large portion of his favour for twenty years together. But he then perceiving that I could not do as his other darling friends did, that is, learn of him, without contradicting him, when I differed in opinion from him, he could not, in his old age, bear such contradiction ; and so he was afraid of me the last thirteen years of his life. See my Authentic Records, Page 1070, 1071. He was of the most fearful, cautious, and suspicious temper, that I...
Page 369 - Eleven, as they fat at meat, and upbraided them of their Unbelief and Hardnefs of Heart, becaufe they believed not them which had feen him after he was rifen.