Meditations Among the Tombs: In a Letter to a LadyJ. and J. Rivington; and J. Leake, Bath, 1746 - 122 pagina's |
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Pagina vii
... delighted with the Pro- Spect of the blooming Creation , and even charmed with the delicate Attractions of Flowers ? Who does not covet to assemble them in the Garden , or wear them in a Nofegay ? Since this is a Paffion fo uni- verfal ...
... delighted with the Pro- Spect of the blooming Creation , and even charmed with the delicate Attractions of Flowers ? Who does not covet to assemble them in the Garden , or wear them in a Nofegay ? Since this is a Paffion fo uni- verfal ...
Pagina 6
... delight our Eyes . NAY , the everlafting God does not difdain to dwell in our Souls , by his Holy Spirit , and to make even our Bodies his Temple . - Tell me , ye that frame critical Judgments , and balance balance nicely the Diftin ...
... delight our Eyes . NAY , the everlafting God does not difdain to dwell in our Souls , by his Holy Spirit , and to make even our Bodies his Temple . - Tell me , ye that frame critical Judgments , and balance balance nicely the Diftin ...
Pagina 18
... Corruption ; after having been long dandled upon your Knees , united to your Affections by a thousand Ties of Tender- nefs , and now become both " the Delight 2 * of " of your Eyes , and Support of your Fa- 1.8 MEDITATIONS.
... Corruption ; after having been long dandled upon your Knees , united to your Affections by a thousand Ties of Tender- nefs , and now become both " the Delight 2 * of " of your Eyes , and Support of your Fa- 1.8 MEDITATIONS.
Pagina 39
... Delights ! escaped from the Territories of Difquietude , and settled in Regions of unmolested Security ! Here they fit down with Abraham , Ifaac , and Jacob , in the Kingdom of their Father . Here they mingle with an innumerable ...
... Delights ! escaped from the Territories of Difquietude , and settled in Regions of unmolested Security ! Here they fit down with Abraham , Ifaac , and Jacob , in the Kingdom of their Father . Here they mingle with an innumerable ...
Pagina 57
... Delights . No more is the Sensualist anointed with Oil , or crowned with Rofe - buds : He chants no more to the Melody of the Viol , nor revels any longer at the Banquet of Wine . Inftead of fump- tuous Tables , and delicious Treats ...
... Delights . No more is the Sensualist anointed with Oil , or crowned with Rofe - buds : He chants no more to the Melody of the Viol , nor revels any longer at the Banquet of Wine . Inftead of fump- tuous Tables , and delicious Treats ...
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Pagina 5 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
Pagina 25 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Pagina 51 - Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister.
Pagina 67 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, He taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Pagina 77 - To consider further this double end in the works of Nature, and how they are at the same time both useful and entertaining, we find that the most important parts in the vegetable world are those which are the most beautiful.
Pagina 74 - So much of eternity is gone;" for when millions of centuries are elapsed, it is but just commencing; and, when millions more have run their ample round, it will be no nearer ending. Yea, when ages, numerous as the bloom of spring, increased by the herbage of summer, both augmented by the leaves of autumn, and all multiplied by the drops of rain which drown the winter — when these, and ten thousand times ten thousand more...
Pagina 15 - Name : which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flefh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Pagina 55 - In a grove of tulips, or a knot of pinks, one perceives a difference in almost every individual. Scarce any two are turned and tinctured exactly alike. Each allows himself a little particularity in his dress, though all belong to one family : so that they are various, and yet the same.
Pagina 45 - Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him ; and his example kept others from taking any thing ill, or at least seeming to do so. In a word, a brighter courage, and a gentler disposition, were never married together to make the most cheerful and innocent conversation.
Pagina 14 - Tis written, indeed, of its suffering Saviour, that when He had tasted the vinegar mingled with gall, He would not drink. And did our new-come stranger begin to sip the cup of life : but, perceiving the bitterness, turn away its head, and refuse the draught ? Was this the cause, why the wary babe only opened its eyes : just looked on the light : and then withdrew into the more inviting regions of undisturbed repose?