 | 1825 - 570 pages
...И. ANGAS. Character of the Puritans. [Extracted from the Edinburgh. Rtvieic, No. 84.] THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-rnlinc Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...• I.' -I. • ,. . ,,. ', i, i••'«, li,rt'o THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived i A peculiar character from the daily contemplation...with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Pfovidence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 pages
...— to judgments which will make you desolate. Beecher. 108. Character of the Puritans. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Prov5 idence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pages
...— to judgments which will make you desolate. Beecher. 108. Character of the Puritans. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content-with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Prov5 idence, they habitually ascribed... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...cabinets, as if they were the titular dignitaries of the chess-board !" Example 17. " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplations of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...Puritans? Let me answer in the language of Britain's most eloquent modern essayist : v " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing is too vast, for whose inspection nothing is too minute. To know Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him, was... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...through the universe. LESSON CXXXIII. Character of the Puritans. — EDINBURGH REVIEW. 1. THE Puritansf were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually as* William Murray, Earl of Mansfield, was born at Perth, in Scotland, 1705. He was an eminent lawyer,... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1839 - 674 pages
...freedom. A nobler ancestry no people ever yet possessed. " The Puritans (says a celebrated foreign writer, in no wise partial to them) were the most...acknowledging in general terms an overruling providence, ihey habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1840 - 672 pages
...freedom. A nobler ancestry no people ever yet possessed. " The Puritans (says a celebrated foreign writer, in no wise partial to them) were the most...with acknowledging in general terms an overruling provuleice, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 pages
...Fool's head, and fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior VOL. xn. NO. 3. 56 beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms,... | |
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The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event... 
