Rights of God, Written for the Benefit of Man: Or, the Impartiality of Jehovah Vindicatedpublished for Johnston and Cooper, 1812 - 360 pages |
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... of the riches , power , and pomp of this great city . One would have supposed that it would have retained its strength and beauty , even uitr the expiration of ten thous3 1 1 B and years . But alas ! the mightiness of this 13.
... of the riches , power , and pomp of this great city . One would have supposed that it would have retained its strength and beauty , even uitr the expiration of ten thous3 1 1 B and years . But alas ! the mightiness of this 13.
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... beauty of the Chaldees excellency , shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah . It shall never be inhabited , neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation ; neither shall the Arabian pitch his tent there ; neither ...
... beauty of the Chaldees excellency , shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah . It shall never be inhabited , neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation ; neither shall the Arabian pitch his tent there ; neither ...
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... beauty and strength , was emphatically called the praise of the whole earth , in five months was consumed , with its wicked inhabitants ; and its whole circuit levelled in such a manner , that a stranger would scarcely have believed ...
... beauty and strength , was emphatically called the praise of the whole earth , in five months was consumed , with its wicked inhabitants ; and its whole circuit levelled in such a manner , that a stranger would scarcely have believed ...
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... beauty . My object is , to pluck a few flowers from the garden of nature , and present them to the reader as a small specimen of the benefi- cence and beauty of the Creator : For if the architecture is so beautiful , how much more ...
... beauty . My object is , to pluck a few flowers from the garden of nature , and present them to the reader as a small specimen of the benefi- cence and beauty of the Creator : For if the architecture is so beautiful , how much more ...
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... beauty and swiftness of my horse , is far more gratifying to me , than the prancing and neighing of one thousand Arabian steeds , which he has in his stables , are to him ! And I might go on to mention many other gratifications , which ...
... beauty and swiftness of my horse , is far more gratifying to me , than the prancing and neighing of one thousand Arabian steeds , which he has in his stables , are to him ! And I might go on to mention many other gratifications , which ...
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Page 173 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 253 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God...
Page 180 - And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 115 - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Page 175 - The next, with dirges due in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne ; Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 332 - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear...
Page 182 - And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place ; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool : 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts...
Page 285 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ? I beheld.
Page 318 - For He saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Page 176 - He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.