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" I had no sooner spoken these words, but a loud though yet gentle noise came from the heavens (for it was like nothing on earth), which did so comfort and cheer me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also... "
The Canterbury Magazine - Page 10
1834
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A view of the principal deistical writers ... in England in the ..., Volume 1

John Leland - 1764 - 426 pages
...came forth from the heavens " (for it was like nothing on earth); which did fo chear and " comfort me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I " had the fign I demanded; whereupon alfo I refolved to print " roy book. This, how ftrange foever it may feem,...
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A Biographical History of England, from Egbert the Great ..., Volume 1, Part 2

James Granger - Great Britain - 1769 - 314 pages
...noife, came '* from heaven, (for it was like no,hing on earth) which did fo comfort and chear •• me, that I took, my petition as granted, and that I had the fign I demanded ; " whereupon alfo I refolYed to print my book : this, (how firange foever it may *'...
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The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury

Edward Herbert Baron Herbert of Cherbury - Ambassadors - 1770 - 192 pages
...gentle Noife came from the Heavens (for it was like nothing on Earth) which did fo comfort and cheer me, that I took my Petition as granted, and that I had the Sign I demanded, whereupon alfo I refolved to print my Book : This (how ftrange foever it may feem) I proteft before the Eternal...
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A Socratic discourse on truth and faithfulness; the sequel to A father's ...

Thomas Percival - Moral education - 1781 - 106 pages
...words, but a loud, though yet gentle noife, came " from the heavens, which did fo comfort and chear *' me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I " had the fign I demanded; whereupon alfo I ft" folved to print my book." * It muft appear ftrange, that a man,...
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The Orthodox churchman's magazine; or, A Treasury of divine and ..., Volume 11

1806 - 500 pages
...gentle noise, came from Heaven, (for it was like nothing on earth), which did so comfort and chear me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I...before the eternal God, is true; neither am I any way supcrstitiously deceived herein, since J did not only clearly hear the noise, hut in the serenest sky...
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An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of ..., Volume 5

Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Church history - 1803 - 534 pages
...even against reason, when it answers their purpose. His lordship continues, " This, however " strange it may seem, I protest before the Eternal God, is " true; neither am 1 superstitiously deceived herein,". &c. See LELANU'S View of the Deistical Writers, &c. vol. ip 470,...
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General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most ..., Volume 5

John Aikin - 1804 - 666 pages
...gentle, noise came from the heavens (for it was like nothing on earth), which did so comfort and cheer me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign demanded." He makes the most solemn protestation of the truth of this narrative, and there is no reason...
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North Wales ... delineated from two excursions, Volume 2

William Bingley - 1804 - 492 pages
...gentle noife, came from the heavens (for it was like nothing on earth), which did fo comfort and cheer me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the fign I demanded. Whereupon alfo I refolved to print my book. This, (how ftrange foever it may feem,)...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...noise, came forth from the heavens, for it was like nothing on earth, which did so cheer and comfort me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I...to print my book. This, how strange soever it may seern, I protest before the eternal God is true ; neither am i any way superstitiously deceived herein,...
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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius, Natives of Great ...

John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...these words, but a loud though gentle noise, came from the heavens, which did so comfort and cheer me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I...demanded ; whereupon also I resolved to print my book.' It must appear strange, says a very ingenious writer, that a man who had spent a considerable part...
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