The works of ... Robert Riccaltoun |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 10
Page 30
... shall stand . If any defires or wants are left unfatisfied , it embitters all other enjoyments ; and if the object of enjoyment is loft , the misery is infupportable . It appears likewife , that no object , how- ever otherwise qualified ...
... shall stand . If any defires or wants are left unfatisfied , it embitters all other enjoyments ; and if the object of enjoyment is loft , the misery is infupportable . It appears likewife , that no object , how- ever otherwise qualified ...
Page 42
... shall form a machine , which shall not need the maker's hand fo much as to put it in motion , far lefs to continue it . Neither does any body doubt , that the bodies of plants and animals efpecially are fuch , though formed with a ...
... shall form a machine , which shall not need the maker's hand fo much as to put it in motion , far lefs to continue it . Neither does any body doubt , that the bodies of plants and animals efpecially are fuch , though formed with a ...
Page 245
... shall be no end . The carnal Jews , who had no notion of any spiritual bondage , falvation , or kingdom , grafped greedily at this laft part of his character , and overlooked the other ; and yet , had he not been thus meek and lowly ...
... shall be no end . The carnal Jews , who had no notion of any spiritual bondage , falvation , or kingdom , grafped greedily at this laft part of his character , and overlooked the other ; and yet , had he not been thus meek and lowly ...
Page 266
... shall have nothing left us but a flaming fire , the ordinary symbol of the divine glory , refting on the cherubims ; and fo like Ezekiel's fire , involving itself , or blazing every way , that one can hardly help believing they were the ...
... shall have nothing left us but a flaming fire , the ordinary symbol of the divine glory , refting on the cherubims ; and fo like Ezekiel's fire , involving itself , or blazing every way , that one can hardly help believing they were the ...
Page 297
... poffibly receive , or , we may fay , the crea- tor can give ; yet it was not peculiar to Abraham , but extends to all that ever shall believe VOL . I. P p believe in God as he did . What diftin- guished ABRAHA M. 297.
... poffibly receive , or , we may fay , the crea- tor can give ; yet it was not peculiar to Abraham , but extends to all that ever shall believe VOL . I. P p believe in God as he did . What diftin- guished ABRAHA M. 297.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abfolute Abraham adjuſted affurance againſt animal anſwer Apoſtle appear becauſe believe BeRiTH beſt bleffing body cafe Canaan Chrift circumſtances confequently conftitution courſe covenant creator defigned deſtroyed diſtinguiſh divine effect enjoyment eſtabliſhed eternal facrifice faid faith fame feem fenfe fenfible fentiments feveral fhall fhould firſt fome fomething fovereign fpirit ftand ftate ftrong fubfift fubject fuch fuppofed fupport fure fyftem give grace greateſt happineſs hath heavens higheſt himſelf human imagine impoffible impreffions itſelf Jefus Chrift juſt leaſt lefs likewife loweſt mankind meaſures ment mind Mofes moft moſt moſt perfect muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation objects occafion ourſelves paffions perfon philofophers pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion poffible powers prefent prieſt promiſe proper puniſhment purpoſes queſtion racter raiſed reafon reft rife ſtand ſtate ſtrength ſuch ſyſtem thefe themſelves ther theſe thing thofe thoſe tion underſtanding underſtood univerſe unleſs uſed whatſoever whole wiſdom
Popular passages
Page 375 - For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Page 311 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 197 - That was the True Light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world.
Page 196 - For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man ; but holy men of God fpake as they were moved by the Holy Ghoft.
Page 332 - Lord who was born in the world, any one may see ; as also that " He and the Father are one ; and that he is in the Father and the Father in him ;" and that " he who seeth him seeth the Father,
Page 330 - The Lord hath fworn, and will not repent. Thou art a prieft for ever after the order of Melchifedech.
Page 232 - ... to fave to the uttermoft all that come unto God by him.
Page 375 - He that dwelleth in Love .dwelleth in God and God in him; for God is Love. (The room is suddenly black with night. Then a hymn bursts forth as though from a great choir of voices, and in the doorway MICHAEL, bathed in light, stands looking upward. Before him, at the foot of the stairs, kneel the two peasants...
Page 279 - Every man has a right to do what he will with his own...
Page 358 - Not by works of righ" teoufnefs which we have done, but ac" cording to his mercy he faved us, by the " waming of regeneration, and renewing " of the Spirit ; which God, in his love " and kindnefs to man, fheds or pours " out abundantly through Jefus Chrift the