Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review, Volumes 11-121851 |
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Page 13
... influence , have created a sort of idolatry for the mere letter of the law , and of every ritual detail , as in ... influences which should be connected with them - not only unacceptable to the Lord , but abomination in his sight . Thus ...
... influence , have created a sort of idolatry for the mere letter of the law , and of every ritual detail , as in ... influences which should be connected with them - not only unacceptable to the Lord , but abomination in his sight . Thus ...
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... influences . The exile of Patmos compares the celestial sounds which he heard in that lonely isle to " the voice of many waters , " the simile was , and is , glorious , and in perfect keep- ing with his solitary position among the Egean ...
... influences . The exile of Patmos compares the celestial sounds which he heard in that lonely isle to " the voice of many waters , " the simile was , and is , glorious , and in perfect keep- ing with his solitary position among the Egean ...
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... influence of the Norse sea rovers on the destinies of the world , has been mighty . They seem to have been raised up by providence as the pioneers of civilization ; and by a kind of undefinable instinct to have performed those wonderful ...
... influence of the Norse sea rovers on the destinies of the world , has been mighty . They seem to have been raised up by providence as the pioneers of civilization ; and by a kind of undefinable instinct to have performed those wonderful ...
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... influence of the tenets to which they really clung . But others of the illuminati , more ingenuous , were beating the air under the self - de- lusions of ignorance as to their actual position and its farther tendency . Perfectly single ...
... influence of the tenets to which they really clung . But others of the illuminati , more ingenuous , were beating the air under the self - de- lusions of ignorance as to their actual position and its farther tendency . Perfectly single ...
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... to the supreme and adorable Saviour , is exalting to the mind ; that a close and intimate communion with him , exerts a wonderful influence in purifying the heart , and leading one on diligently Confessions of a Court Preacher . 39.
... to the supreme and adorable Saviour , is exalting to the mind ; that a close and intimate communion with him , exerts a wonderful influence in purifying the heart , and leading one on diligently Confessions of a Court Preacher . 39.
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Page 56 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead, 20.
Page 67 - OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences ! And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Page 74 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 40 - Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man's work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
Page 268 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...
Page 288 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good Word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Page 133 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome ! those caves of ice ! And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware ! Beware ! His flashing eyes, his floating hair ! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
Page 239 - Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
Page 133 - The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves ; Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves. . It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice...
Page 358 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...