Amyntas and Philetus: Or, Christian Conversation; Illustrated in a Friendly Visit Into the Country, in Seven Dialoguesauthor, and sold, 1770 - 301 pages |
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Page ix
... corn - fields . What is meant by fowing in tears , and reaping in joy . This applied to the afflicted ftate of the people of God . Chrift the corn of wheat fpoken of by John . The glorious effects of his death . On the ears of corn ...
... corn - fields . What is meant by fowing in tears , and reaping in joy . This applied to the afflicted ftate of the people of God . Chrift the corn of wheat fpoken of by John . The glorious effects of his death . On the ears of corn ...
Page xiv
... corn - ricks . Largenefs of the crop . An increase of worldly fubftance is a trea- fure to be laid out for God . On covetouf- nefs amongst profeffors . Men in trade are to forward the interests of religion . On the dignified clergy ...
... corn - ricks . Largenefs of the crop . An increase of worldly fubftance is a trea- fure to be laid out for God . On covetouf- nefs amongst profeffors . Men in trade are to forward the interests of religion . On the dignified clergy ...
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... corn , that the dufky hinds are bathed in fweat , and almost spent with toil in binding up , and bringing home the joyful fheaves ; yea , yonder diftant plains whofe wide extended furface feems uncircumfcrib- ed , and by whose annual ...
... corn , that the dufky hinds are bathed in fweat , and almost spent with toil in binding up , and bringing home the joyful fheaves ; yea , yonder diftant plains whofe wide extended furface feems uncircumfcrib- ed , and by whose annual ...
Page 52
... fad and penfive while joyous nature fmiles on every fide ? What a profpect of the profufe liberality of our God , is here prefented to our view ! Behold the the fields on every fide ftand thick with corn , 52 AND AMYNTAS.
... fad and penfive while joyous nature fmiles on every fide ? What a profpect of the profufe liberality of our God , is here prefented to our view ! Behold the the fields on every fide ftand thick with corn , 52 AND AMYNTAS.
Page 53
... corn , and feem to rejoice in the con- folidating rays of the fun , and ripen for the barn . The meadows lightened of their graffy load , feem purpofing to yield the joyful husbandman a fecond crop , and afford a more than plentiful ...
... corn , and feem to rejoice in the con- folidating rays of the fun , and ripen for the barn . The meadows lightened of their graffy load , feem purpofing to yield the joyful husbandman a fecond crop , and afford a more than plentiful ...
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Page 30 - He fwalloweth the ground with fiercenefs and rage : neither believeth he that it is the found of the trumpet. He faith among the trumpets, ha ! ha ! and he fmelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the Jfhouting.
Page 119 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 22 - Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows...
Page 85 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page vi - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his fun to rife on the evil and on the good, and fendeth rain on the juft and on the unjuft.
Page 211 - Atheist, and still go to heaven." To such awful lengths may the principle be pushed, that there is no guilt in mental error. " Let those," says Dr. Priestley, " who maintain that the mere holding of opinions (without regard to the motives and state of the mind through which men may have been led to form them, will necessarily exclude them from the favour of God, be particularly careful with respect to the premises from which they draw so alarming a conclusion.
Page 49 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not, I searched out.
Page 4 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and fuch as are in the fea, and all that are in them, heard I, faying, Bleffing, and honour, and glory, and power be unto him that fitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 152 - Our foul is efcaped even as a bird out of the fnare of the fowler : the fnare is broken, and we are delivered. 7 Our help ftandeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth.
Page 170 - And I faw a great white throne, and him that fat on it, from whofe face the earth and the heaven fled away ; and there was found no place for them.