The volume of the affections; or, Bridal offeringSherwood, 1836 - 510 pages |
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... once congratulating a friend , who had around him a blooming family , knit together in the strongest affection . " I can wish you no better lot , " said he , with enthusiasm , " than to have a wife and children . - If you are prosperous ...
... once congratulating a friend , who had around him a blooming family , knit together in the strongest affection . " I can wish you no better lot , " said he , with enthusiasm , " than to have a wife and children . - If you are prosperous ...
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... once generous and indulgent -induced me to direct my best attention and moderate abilities to a mark of a much higher , and as I believe , a more imperative calling . The expressions of congratula- tion , indirectly conveyed to my ...
... once generous and indulgent -induced me to direct my best attention and moderate abilities to a mark of a much higher , and as I believe , a more imperative calling . The expressions of congratula- tion , indirectly conveyed to my ...
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... once acquire good sense ; and , if it deserve the name , it will teach her ( or of what use will it be ? ) how to employ it . " 66 Happy would it be for the world , and for individuals of course , if all this unavailing solicitude to ...
... once acquire good sense ; and , if it deserve the name , it will teach her ( or of what use will it be ? ) how to employ it . " 66 Happy would it be for the world , and for individuals of course , if all this unavailing solicitude to ...
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... once more to take root downwards , and branch forth upwards . In a few centuries , from the coming forth of the fathers of mankind from the ark , idolatry spread itself over the face of the earth . The Lord , nevertheless , kept a ...
... once more to take root downwards , and branch forth upwards . In a few centuries , from the coming forth of the fathers of mankind from the ark , idolatry spread itself over the face of the earth . The Lord , nevertheless , kept a ...
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... once disgusting and irreconcilable . The truth , I take it , may be set down to be , that the subject as well as habit had be- come fashionable , as I have before shown , and it is but sensible to suppose that the practice of it ...
... once disgusting and irreconcilable . The truth , I take it , may be set down to be , that the subject as well as habit had be- come fashionable , as I have before shown , and it is but sensible to suppose that the practice of it ...
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Page 8 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk); but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 12 - And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged...
Page 10 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 15 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Page 8 - 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 13 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 214 - WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 15 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 15 - Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Page 285 - Is it far away, in some region old, Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold — Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, And the diamond lights up the secret mine, And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand — Is it there, sweet mother, that better land ? " " Not there, not there, my child...