Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Charles Buck, Author of the Theological Dictionary, Containing the Young Christian's Guide; Or, Suitable Directions, Cautions, and Encouragement, to the Believer on His First Entrance Into the Divine Life, a Treatise on Religious Experience: in which Its Nature, Evidences, and Advantages, are Considered; Together with Anecdotes, Religious, Moral, and Entertaining, Alphabetically Arranged, and Interpersed with a Variety of Useful Observations, Volume 3W.W. Woodward, 1808 |
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... happy in himself , respectable in society , lessing to the world , should industriously re in the study of those subjects which culated to enlarge the mind , ameliorate the tion , and promote the best interests of man- Instances of ...
... happy in himself , respectable in society , lessing to the world , should industriously re in the study of those subjects which culated to enlarge the mind , ameliorate the tion , and promote the best interests of man- Instances of ...
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... happy influence the body and mind . It is said of Euri- e tragedian , that he used to retire to a we to compose his tragedies ; and of De- es , the Grecian orator , that he chose a r study where nothing could be heard or With all ...
... happy influence the body and mind . It is said of Euri- e tragedian , that he used to retire to a we to compose his tragedies ; and of De- es , the Grecian orator , that he chose a r study where nothing could be heard or With all ...
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... Happy is the man who lives under ence of this spirit ; for " he that is slow is better than the mighty ; and he that s spirit , than he that taketh a city . " at great matter , " said a heathen to a chris- hile he was beating him almost ...
... Happy is the man who lives under ence of this spirit ; for " he that is slow is better than the mighty ; and he that s spirit , than he that taketh a city . " at great matter , " said a heathen to a chris- hile he was beating him almost ...
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... happy as to choose to live his life ov again , on condition of passing through all th events through which he had ... happy than youn people can be at his age . While we think our selves condemned to live single , solitude seem with ...
... happy as to choose to live his life ov again , on condition of passing through all th events through which he had ... happy than youn people can be at his age . While we think our selves condemned to live single , solitude seem with ...
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Charles Buck. with others , we regret the happy days we n the tranquillity of solitude . Thus we go n fancy to fancy , and from one chimera to , till death arrives , subverts all our ima- projects of happiness , and makes us know , own ...
Charles Buck. with others , we regret the happy days we n the tranquillity of solitude . Thus we go n fancy to fancy , and from one chimera to , till death arrives , subverts all our ima- projects of happiness , and makes us know , own ...
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Page 104 - For every man shall bear his own burden. 6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Page 319 - Her ways. are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Page 214 - ... palaces, navigation, &c. but now sallow, &c. are rejected, and nothing but oak any where regarded ; and yet see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration.
Page 101 - And it is pity that commonly more care is had, yea, and that amongst very wise men, to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children.
Page 313 - Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess ; but be filled with the spirit...
Page 204 - He pleaded with the same sincerity that he used in the other parts of his life, and used to say : — It was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought.
Page 148 - Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 188 - He was once a man ; and of some little name ; but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest ; for by the immediate hand of an avenging God, his very thinking substance has for more than seven years been continually wasting away, till it is wholly perished out of him, if it be not utterly come to nothing.
Page 34 - For my part, when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable distempers lying in ambuscade among the dishes.
Page 26 - If any man seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.