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Page 82
... important kind . Suffice it , therefore , to mention a few of the more striking and remarkable . Of these , the Hymn which Milton ascribes to his imagined first man , and Thomson's admirable composition at the close of his " Seasons ...
... important kind . Suffice it , therefore , to mention a few of the more striking and remarkable . Of these , the Hymn which Milton ascribes to his imagined first man , and Thomson's admirable composition at the close of his " Seasons ...
Page 83
... importance , I shall venture to recommend the Bible to the candid , the serious , and the con- tinuous attention of my readers . In the prosecution of this highly - important and equally interesting task , the well - disposed student ...
... importance , I shall venture to recommend the Bible to the candid , the serious , and the con- tinuous attention of my readers . In the prosecution of this highly - important and equally interesting task , the well - disposed student ...
Page 84
... important passages . I hardly need state that I here refer to the preceptive parts of Holy Writ . But simple and plain as are these parts , there are others which relate to doctrinal truths or questions ; and which can never be ...
... important passages . I hardly need state that I here refer to the preceptive parts of Holy Writ . But simple and plain as are these parts , there are others which relate to doctrinal truths or questions ; and which can never be ...
Page 85
Thomas Carter. this important matter upon the attention of the Bible reader , because the internal evidence hereby attain- able , as to the divine origin , and the consequent paramount authority of the Holy Scriptures , will be found to ...
Thomas Carter. this important matter upon the attention of the Bible reader , because the internal evidence hereby attain- able , as to the divine origin , and the consequent paramount authority of the Holy Scriptures , will be found to ...
Page 88
... important , and ever - interesting contents , than those of any other volume . Here I usually discover , on every ... importance . It were not too much to affirm , that those who refuse , or who simply neglect , to study the Bible , are ...
... important , and ever - interesting contents , than those of any other volume . Here I usually discover , on every ... importance . It were not too much to affirm , that those who refuse , or who simply neglect , to study the Bible , are ...
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Page 61 - Judah is a lion's whelp : from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until he come to Shiloh ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 140 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Page 46 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 50 - For a fire is kindled in Mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Page 55 - And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Page 60 - Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power : unstable as water, thou shalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch.
Page 8 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 65 - And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath...
Page 70 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 31 - The enemy said I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.