The pulpit; or, A biographical and literary account of eminent popular preachers, interspersed with occasional clerical criticism, by Onesimus, Volume 21812 |
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Page vii
... writer must likewise suppress some parts of a Letter , addressed to the publisher of his former volume , and dated November the 14th , 1809 . Philonesis states his having read , with considerable pleasure , a publication , called The ...
... writer must likewise suppress some parts of a Letter , addressed to the publisher of his former volume , and dated November the 14th , 1809 . Philonesis states his having read , with considerable pleasure , a publication , called The ...
Page ix
... writer offers his opinion on this subject ; being in- clined to suspect that his view of the matter , how much soever it may be resisted , is not far from the truth . ” — MONTHLY REVIEW , for November , 1810 . " In delineating the ...
... writer offers his opinion on this subject ; being in- clined to suspect that his view of the matter , how much soever it may be resisted , is not far from the truth . ” — MONTHLY REVIEW , for November , 1810 . " In delineating the ...
Page x
... writer would give us — if better he had . It is but justice to say , that , in his delineations , he appears to write im- partially ; nor have we met with one line bordering on acrimony .'- GOSPEL MAGAZINE , for February , May , and ...
... writer would give us — if better he had . It is but justice to say , that , in his delineations , he appears to write im- partially ; nor have we met with one line bordering on acrimony .'- GOSPEL MAGAZINE , for February , May , and ...
Page xii
... Writer has treated the subject with great delicacy , bestowing praise where it is due , and censure with a lenient hand , where it is absolutely necessary for the purpose of amendment . ' Selecting two specimens of the Author's accounts ...
... Writer has treated the subject with great delicacy , bestowing praise where it is due , and censure with a lenient hand , where it is absolutely necessary for the purpose of amendment . ' Selecting two specimens of the Author's accounts ...
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... writer of these pages was reproved for giving it as his opinion that our prelates had duties distinct from , but equally important with , those of the pulpit , ' still he has not been able to convince himself , after further thinking ...
... writer of these pages was reproved for giving it as his opinion that our prelates had duties distinct from , but equally important with , those of the pulpit , ' still he has not been able to convince himself , after further thinking ...
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Page 361 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.
Page 352 - One family we dwell in Him, One Church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream, of death...
Page 255 - Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do,' — the voice of the preacher, which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until, his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings, he raised his handkerchief to his eyes, and burst into a loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable.
Page 60 - Stood in himself collected, while each part, Motion, each act won audience ere the tongue...
Page 211 - And Paul said, I would to GOD, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 255 - Saviour; when he drew, to the life, his blessed eyes streaming in tears to heaven; his voice breathing to God, a soft and gentle prayer of pardon on his enemies, * Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do...
Page 173 - ... numbers, dispersion, and adherence to their religion, have furnished every age, and every nation of the world, with the strongest arguments for the Christian faith, not only as these very particulars are foretold of them, but as they themselves are the depositaries of these, and all the other prophecies, which tend to their own confusion. Their number furnishes us with a sufficient cloud of witnesses that attest the truth of the old Bible.
Page 278 - ... holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Page 318 - Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 173 - Their number furnishes us with a sufficient cloud of witnesses that attest the truth of the Old Bible. Their dispersion spreads these witnesses through all parts of the world, the adherence to their religion makes their testimony unquestionable.