The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 2F. and C. Rivington, 1793 |
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Page 434 - ... waved his pinions a while to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince drew him to land, half dead with terror and vexation.
Page 393 - Also I direct and appoint, that the eight Divinity Lecture Sermons shall be preached upon either of the following subjects, — to confirm and establish the Christian Faith, and to confute all heretics and schismatics — upon the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures — upon the authority of the writings of the Primitive Fathers, as to the faith and practice of the Primitive Church — upon the Divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ — upon the Divinity of the Holy Ghost — upon the...
Page 453 - Who all my fenfe confin'd To know but this, that Thou art Good, And that myfelf am blind ; Yet gave me, in this dark eftate, To fee the good from ill ; And binding nature faft in fate. Left free the human will. What Confcience...
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Page 211 - LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
Page 393 - I direct and appoint, that the eight Divinity Lecture Sermons " shall be preached upon either of the following subjefls — to confirm " and establish the Christian Faith, and to confute all heretics and " schismatics — upon the divine authority of the Holy Scriptures — upon " the authority of the writings of the primitive Fathers, as to the faith *
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Page 274 - For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
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Page 172 - ... and every mode of prosperity ; at last I concluded that a matrimonial adventure, prudently conducted, would be the readiest gait I could gang for the bettering of my condition ; and accordingly I set about it.