The Truth and Excellence of the Christian Religion Exhibited: In Two Parts. Part I. Containing Sketches of the Lives of Eminent Laymen, who Have Written in Defence of the Christian Religion. Part II. Containing Extracts from Their WritingsDavid Carlisle, 1804 - 384 Seiten |
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... infinitely pleased to find a- mong the works of this extraordinary man , a prayer of his own compofing ; which , for elevation of thought and piety of expreffion , feems rather the devotion of an angel than a man . " ” Biographia ...
... infinitely pleased to find a- mong the works of this extraordinary man , a prayer of his own compofing ; which , for elevation of thought and piety of expreffion , feems rather the devotion of an angel than a man . " ” Biographia ...
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... infinitely holy , and of purer eyes than to behold iniquity . He ftill continued however to confider God as a merciful being ; and this mercy was to him a fource of confidence . " I doubt not , fays he , but God will fend , at a time ...
... infinitely holy , and of purer eyes than to behold iniquity . He ftill continued however to confider God as a merciful being ; and this mercy was to him a fource of confidence . " I doubt not , fays he , but God will fend , at a time ...
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... infinitely multiplied and diverfi- fied , long foretold and expected , and continuing for a long feries of days , and fometimes of years . They are evident facts , memorable events , of which the dulleft un- derstanding could not but be ...
... infinitely multiplied and diverfi- fied , long foretold and expected , and continuing for a long feries of days , and fometimes of years . They are evident facts , memorable events , of which the dulleft un- derstanding could not but be ...
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... infinitely be- neath him ; that such a character fhould be the invention of a few illiterate men , and that it fhould by them be ex- hibited , not by ftudied encomiums , but by a bare , unadorn- ed narration of facts , but fuch facts as ...
... infinitely be- neath him ; that such a character fhould be the invention of a few illiterate men , and that it fhould by them be ex- hibited , not by ftudied encomiums , but by a bare , unadorn- ed narration of facts , but fuch facts as ...
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... infinitely are fuch men above my feeble praife ! They have drawn their own characters in their writings ; it is there they must be confidered ; and how is it poffible to draw any parallel between the difciples of divine wif- dom and ...
... infinitely are fuch men above my feeble praife ! They have drawn their own characters in their writings ; it is there they must be confidered ; and how is it poffible to draw any parallel between the difciples of divine wif- dom and ...
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Seite 48 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Seite 312 - Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the Heart of Man, to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Seite 103 - Many who praise virtue, do no more than praise it. Yet it is reasonable to believe that Addison's professions and practice were at no great variance, since, amidst that storm of faction in which most of his life was passed, though his station made him conspicuous and his activity made him formidable, the character given him by his friends was never contradicted by his enemies : of...
Seite 363 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.
Seite 45 - ... esteem of posterity; of which he will not easily be deprived while learning shall have any reverence among men; for there is no science in which he does not discover some skill, and scarce any kind of knowledge, profane or sacred, abstruse, or elegant, which he does not appear to have cultivated with...
Seite 67 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Seite 105 - He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
Seite 21 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Seite 316 - Surely there is no man who, thus afflicted, does not seek succour in the gospel, which has brought life and immortality to light. The precepts of Epicurus, who teaches us to endure what the laws of the universe make necessary, may silence, but not content us.
Seite 35 - ... his humanity, courtesy and affability was such, that he would have been thought to have been bred in the best courts, but that his good nature, charity and delight in doing good, and in communicating all he knew, exceeded that breeding.