 I will confess to you that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the Gospel has its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our philosophers, with all their pomp of diction : how mean, how contemptible are they,...  The Messiah: A Poem in Six Books - Pagina 258door Robert Montgomery - 1832 - 300 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Morison - 1832 - 278 pagina’s
...when he made the following reluctant but important concession :—" I will confess," said he, " that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel hath its influence upon my heart. Peruse the works of our philosophers with all their pomp of diction;... | |
 | 1832 - 952 pagina’s
...us happy. JUVENAL. TESTIMONY OP ROUSSEAU TO THE DIVINE PERFECTION OF THE CHARACTER OF THE SAVIOUR. The Majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity uf the gospel has its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our philosophers, with all their pomp... | |
 | Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 534 pagina’s
...eloquence of the profligate Rousseau, venturing for once to speak the truth : " I will confess that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration,...philosophers ; with all their pomp of diction, how contemptible are they compared with the Scriptures ! Is it possible that a book at once so simple and... | |
 | 1834 - 588 pagina’s
...further, that the majesty of the Scripture strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the Gospel hath its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our...of diction — how mean, how contemptible are they, compared with the Scripture. Is it possible that a book at once so simple and sublime should be merely... | |
 | Lewis C. Todd - 1834 - 356 pagina’s
...of au impostor the most enlightened infidels suppose Christ to have been. '• I will confess that the majesty of the scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on tny heart. Peruse the works of our Phdosophers, with all their pomp of diction ; how mean, how contemptible... | |
 | Lewis C. Todd - 1834 - 358 pagina’s
...enlightened infidels suppose Christ to have beeo. '• 1 will confess that tho majesty of the scviptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its inlluenoe on my heart. Peruse the wofks of our Philosophers, vFiih all their pomp of uiciion ; how... | |
 | 1835 - 664 pagina’s
...description of the character of Christ, drawn by the hand of a master. " I will confess to you that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel hath its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our philosophers with all their pomp of diction... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1836 - 480 pagina’s
...in fact, inimitable character of Christ drawn by the hand of a master : — "I confess to you that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of Ihe Gospel has its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our philosophers, with all their pomp... | |
 | 1837 - 518 pagina’s
...not so candid as those who lived in the eighteenth century. Rousseau could say, " I will confess that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel hath its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our philosophers, with all their pomp of diction... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pagina’s
...Archbishop Whately. LESSON XVII. REMARKS OF A SCEPTIC ON THE MAJESTY OF THE SCRIPTURES. I WILL confess that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the Gospel hath its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our philosophers with all their pomp of diction... | |
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