The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Volume 2Goodrich, 1827 |
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... divine value of laws , let us figure to ourselves the source . This has arisen partly from a love misery of that state of nature in which there of the marvellous , inherent in the human should be no law , but that of the strongest ...
... divine value of laws , let us figure to ourselves the source . This has arisen partly from a love misery of that state of nature in which there of the marvellous , inherent in the human should be no law , but that of the strongest ...
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... divine prin- ciples of that Christianity which , in better times , was the honourable practice of our forefathers , and which can alone restore a due veneration for the solemnity of oaths . * See Montague on the Rise and Fall of ancient ...
... divine prin- ciples of that Christianity which , in better times , was the honourable practice of our forefathers , and which can alone restore a due veneration for the solemnity of oaths . * See Montague on the Rise and Fall of ancient ...
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... divine favour , who does not see a divine power accompa- which favour they usually limited to present nying this great work ; by any author who prosperity . Whereas all notions of divine ascribes to the power , or rather to the per ...
... divine favour , who does not see a divine power accompa- which favour they usually limited to present nying this great work ; by any author who prosperity . Whereas all notions of divine ascribes to the power , or rather to the per ...
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... divine prediction , or of inflicting the divine punishment . How , when the mighty conqueror , the executioner of the sentence of Heaven , had performed his assigned task , he was put aside , and was himself , perhaps in his turn ...
... divine prediction , or of inflicting the divine punishment . How , when the mighty conqueror , the executioner of the sentence of Heaven , had performed his assigned task , he was put aside , and was himself , perhaps in his turn ...
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... divine hand , Did the same just Providence approve of which had so adjusted the parts and the pro- the usurpation of Augustus over his fallen perties of matter , as that their apparent op- country ? -No - but Providence employed it ...
... divine hand , Did the same just Providence approve of which had so adjusted the parts and the pro- the usurpation of Augustus over his fallen perties of matter , as that their apparent op- country ? -No - but Providence employed it ...
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Page 76 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone.
Page 280 - For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing ? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming ? For ye are our glory and joy.
Page 47 - Not that I speak in respect of want : for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Page 315 - My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire : that it hath alway unto thy judgements. 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud : and cursed are they that do err from thy commandments.
Page 132 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Page 416 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 275 - What mean ye to weep, and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 219 - BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Page 421 - To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Page 20 - In the sun's orb, made porous to receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gather'd beams, great palace now of light. Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...