Theology, Explained and Defended in a Series of Sermons, Volume 1W. Baynes & son, 1824 - 580 pages |
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... CANAAN , a regular epic poem , founded upon the portion of sacred history to which its title refers , and which was finished in the year 1774 , when he was twenty - two years of age . No tutor was ever more faithful in the instruction ...
... CANAAN , a regular epic poem , founded upon the portion of sacred history to which its title refers , and which was finished in the year 1774 , when he was twenty - two years of age . No tutor was ever more faithful in the instruction ...
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... Canaan . This work was begun , as has been re- marked , when he was nineteen years of age , and finished in his twenty - third year . Proposals for printing it were issued in 1775 , and upwards of three thousand subscribers procured ...
... Canaan . This work was begun , as has been re- marked , when he was nineteen years of age , and finished in his twenty - third year . Proposals for printing it were issued in 1775 , and upwards of three thousand subscribers procured ...
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... Canaan and Greenfield Hill were both re - published in Eng- land . During his residence at Greenfield , he cultivated an extensive acquaintance and intercourse , not only with the Congregational Clergy of New England , but with many in ...
... Canaan and Greenfield Hill were both re - published in Eng- land . During his residence at Greenfield , he cultivated an extensive acquaintance and intercourse , not only with the Congregational Clergy of New England , but with many in ...
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... The early age at which he wrote the Conquest of Canaan is to be remembered in forming our estimate of the poem . It is not believed , that the history of English poetry contains the account of any equal effort , LIFE OF THE AUTHOR . lxxix.
... The early age at which he wrote the Conquest of Canaan is to be remembered in forming our estimate of the poem . It is not believed , that the history of English poetry contains the account of any equal effort , LIFE OF THE AUTHOR . lxxix.
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... Canaan contains abundant evidence of rich invention , of harmonious versification , of a brilliant fancy , of strong powers of description , of a sublime imagination , of vigorous thought , and of the most pure and virtuous sentiment ...
... Canaan contains abundant evidence of rich invention , of harmonious versification , of a brilliant fancy , of strong powers of description , of a sublime imagination , of vigorous thought , and of the most pure and virtuous sentiment ...
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Page 245 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 358 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 422 - And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her ; and he did eat.
Page 118 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 286 - I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
Page 233 - Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein : who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 71 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth ; And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shall endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed : But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Page 210 - I dwell in the high and holy place ; with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth : for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Page 37 - THE FOOL hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Page 176 - God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.