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... discourse with scraps from St Augustine and the jargon of Aquinas . Even the most powerful intellects and the most fervent spirits could not escape the infection alto- gether ; and when we think of the peculiar terminology , and of the ...
... discourse with scraps from St Augustine and the jargon of Aquinas . Even the most powerful intellects and the most fervent spirits could not escape the infection alto- gether ; and when we think of the peculiar terminology , and of the ...
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... , and of my present discourse . And first , of the lights , " & c . These examples are no caricature , and we hope that to the 66 HEADS AND PARTICULARS . " 5 second , at 4 SOUTH , TILLOTSON , AND MODERN SERMONISERS .
... , and of my present discourse . And first , of the lights , " & c . These examples are no caricature , and we hope that to the 66 HEADS AND PARTICULARS . " 5 second , at 4 SOUTH , TILLOTSON , AND MODERN SERMONISERS .
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... discourses , attracted the notice of Lord Clarendon , who was Chancellor of Oxford , as well as Lord High Chancellor ... discourse in the Chapel Royal ; and , as Anthony à Wood relates , with a fond minuteness , on the authority of some ...
... discourses , attracted the notice of Lord Clarendon , who was Chancellor of Oxford , as well as Lord High Chancellor ... discourse in the Chapel Royal ; and , as Anthony à Wood relates , with a fond minuteness , on the authority of some ...
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... discourses such a mine of golden thought and sagacious aphorism . * As in a mine , so in these sermons , there is many Good sense makes its discoveries as well as philosophical subtilty . In his sermon on conscience , South says ...
... discourses such a mine of golden thought and sagacious aphorism . * As in a mine , so in these sermons , there is many Good sense makes its discoveries as well as philosophical subtilty . In his sermon on conscience , South says ...
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... a man of God , he bent all the strength of his mind and all the advan- tages of his position to the resistance of the incoming evil . By POPULARITY . 21 far the ablest of his discourses are 20 SOUTH , TILLOTSON , AND MODERN SERMONISERS .
... a man of God , he bent all the strength of his mind and all the advan- tages of his position to the resistance of the incoming evil . By POPULARITY . 21 far the ablest of his discourses are 20 SOUTH , TILLOTSON , AND MODERN SERMONISERS .
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Page 296 - Should earth against my soul engage, And hellish darts be hurled, Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3. ' Let cares, like a wild deluge, come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all ; — 4. ' There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest ; And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast.
Page 302 - What I've committed to His hands, Till the decisive hour. 4 Then will He own my worthless name Before His Father's face, And in the New Jerusalem Appoint my soul a place.
Page 326 - JOY to the world ; -the Lord is come : Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth; the Saviour reigns: Let men their songs employ ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, Repeat the sounding joy.
Page 385 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 402 - Nothing in my hand I bring; Simply to thy cross I cling ; Naked, come to thee for dress ; Helpless, look to thee for grace ; Foul, I to the fountain fly ; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
Page 325 - A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun.
Page 327 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 319 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin. 4 My soul looks back to see The burdens thou didst bear, When hanging on th' accursed tree ; And hopes her guilt was there.
Page 420 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 408 - Come, O thou Traveller unknown, Whom still I hold, but cannot see ; My company before is gone, And I am left alone with Thee ; With Thee all night I mean to stay, And wrestle till the break of day.