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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... Elizabeth ; made him one of his council ; and upon all occafions paid the greateft deference to his judgment . He , on his part , rendered the king important fervices ; and in 1590 , was made his counsellor 14 EXCELLENCE OF THE.
... Elizabeth ; made him one of his council ; and upon all occafions paid the greateft deference to his judgment . He , on his part , rendered the king important fervices ; and in 1590 , was made his counsellor 14 EXCELLENCE OF THE.
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... render him the boast and ornament of his times . His " Arcadia " is the most celebrated of his works ; it was printed firft in 1615 , and has been tranflated into a variety of languages . Cibber's Lives of the Poets , Vol . I. - Female ...
... render him the boast and ornament of his times . His " Arcadia " is the most celebrated of his works ; it was printed firft in 1615 , and has been tranflated into a variety of languages . Cibber's Lives of the Poets , Vol . I. - Female ...
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... rendered him incapable of applying to business of any kind and it became the anxious office of his friends , to keep him from writing or converfing on any fubjects , which required mental energy , and intenfe application . What was ...
... rendered him incapable of applying to business of any kind and it became the anxious office of his friends , to keep him from writing or converfing on any fubjects , which required mental energy , and intenfe application . What was ...
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... rendered him dear to men of fobriety and religion , and fitted him to engage in the great and difficult work of founding a colony . When the defign of fettling a colony in New England was by fome eminent perfons undertaken , this ...
... rendered him dear to men of fobriety and religion , and fitted him to engage in the great and difficult work of founding a colony . When the defign of fettling a colony in New England was by fome eminent perfons undertaken , this ...
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... rendered many fervices to the country , both at home and abroad , particularly in 1636 , when , returning to England , he was by ftrefs of weather forced into Ireland , where meeting D 2 CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 41 John Winthrop, Efq.
... rendered many fervices to the country , both at home and abroad , particularly in 1636 , when , returning to England , he was by ftrefs of weather forced into Ireland , where meeting D 2 CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 41 John Winthrop, Efq.
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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.