The Bioscope, Or Dial of Life, Explained: To which is Added, a Translation of St. Paulinus's Epistle to Celantia, on the Rule of Christian Life : and an Elementary View of General Chronology, with a Perpetual Solar and Lunar CalendarSemi-scientific study of life as a progression through seven specific stages |
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... Bishop Taylor observes , very old age is but a longer sickness ; " or , as Seneca speaks , " an incurable sick- ness - senectus insanabilis morbus est : " a multiplication of the infirmities incident to a decaying frame , and therefore ...
... Bishop Taylor observes , very old age is but a longer sickness ; " or , as Seneca speaks , " an incurable sick- ness - senectus insanabilis morbus est : " a multiplication of the infirmities incident to a decaying frame , and therefore ...
Page 90
... Bishop Taylor , " hath not long to live ; he " that is THIRTY , FORTY , or FIFTY years " old , hath spent most of his life , and his " dream is almost done ; and in a very few " months he must be cast into his eternal " portion . " If ...
... Bishop Taylor , " hath not long to live ; he " that is THIRTY , FORTY , or FIFTY years " old , hath spent most of his life , and his " dream is almost done ; and in a very few " months he must be cast into his eternal " portion . " If ...
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... Bishop of Ely , in the year 1626 ; á trans- lation of which verses is here presented to the English reader . ON THE DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF ELY . While yet my sad and pallid cheek Was moist from many a tear , That tender love , and ...
... Bishop of Ely , in the year 1626 ; á trans- lation of which verses is here presented to the English reader . ON THE DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF ELY . While yet my sad and pallid cheek Was moist from many a tear , That tender love , and ...
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... Bishop Hall , " is full of folly ; " youth , of disorder and toil ; age , of in- firmity . Each time hath his burden , and " that which may justly work our weari- " 6 ness . Yet infancy longeth after youth ; " and youth , after more age ...
... Bishop Hall , " is full of folly ; " youth , of disorder and toil ; age , of in- firmity . Each time hath his burden , and " that which may justly work our weari- " 6 ness . Yet infancy longeth after youth ; " and youth , after more age ...
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... Bishop Taylor , in his rules for the im → provement of time , prescribes the following one : " Let him that is most busied , set apart " some solemn time every year , in which , " for the time , quitting all worldly business , " he may ...
... Bishop Taylor , in his rules for the im → provement of time , prescribes the following one : " Let him that is most busied , set apart " some solemn time every year , in which , " for the time , quitting all worldly business , " he may ...
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Page 82 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 161 - That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Page 105 - And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions : be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Page 232 - Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Page 82 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they? With the years beyond the flood It is the signal that demands despatch: How much is to be done!
Page 138 - As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. 7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Page 207 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Page 138 - He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Page 143 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Page 97 - And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years...