The Athenian Oracle, Volume 4

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J. and J. Knapton, 1728

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Pagina 112 - As when the deluge first began to fall, That mighty ebb never to flow again, When this huge body's moisture was so great, It quite o'ercame the vital heat; That mountain which was highest, first of all Appear'd above the universal main, To bless the primitive sailor's weary sight; And 'twas perhaps Parnassus, if in height It be as great as 'tis in fame, And nigh to Heaven as is its name; So, after...
Pagina 121 - and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be [made] known, by the church, the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Pagina 141 - 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...
Pagina 185 - water upon you, and ye fhall be clean : from " all your filthinefs, and from all your idols, will I " cleanfe you. A new heart alfo will I give you, " and a new fpirit will I put within you ; and " I will take away the ftony heart out of your " flefh, and I will
Pagina 119 - Yet mall thefe traces of your wit remain, Like a juft map, to tell the vaft extent Of conqueft in your fhort and happy reign ; And to all future mankind...
Pagina 262 - And if any of those be an open and notorious evil liver, or have done any wrong to his neighbours by word or deed, so that the Congregation be thereby offended ; the Curate, having knowledge thereof, shall call him and advertise him, that in any wise he presume not to come to the Lord's Table, until he hath openly declared himself to have truly repented and amended his former naughty...
Pagina 116 - Careless and ignorant posterity, Although they praise the learning and the wit, And though the title seems to show The name and man by whom the book was writ, Yet how shall they be brought to know Whether that very name was he, or you, or I ? Less should I daub it o'er with transitory praise, And water-colours of these days : These days ! where e'en th...
Pagina 260 - Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday, and other holy-days, according to God's holy will and pleasure and the orders of the Church of England prescribed in that behalf; that is, in hearing the Word of God read and taught; in private and...
Pagina 173 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.

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