 Than cruelty, most devilish of them all. Mercy to him that shows it is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man : And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits,...  Poems - Page 228by William Cowper - 1810Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...that shows it, is the rule 595 And righteous limitation of its act By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in...commits, Shall seek it, and not find it in his turn. 600 Distinguish'd much by reason, and still more By our capacity of grace divine, From creatures that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...that shows it, is the rule 595 And righteous limitation of its act By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in...commits, Shall seek it, and not find it in his turn. 60O Distinguished much by reason, and still more By our capacity of grace divine, From creatures that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...limitation of its act By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none, heing ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it in his turn. COO Distinguish'd much by reason, and still more By our capacity of grace divine, From creatures that... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...limitation of its act, By which Heav'n moves in pard'ning guilty man ; A'nd he that shows none, heing ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not i'm it it, in his turn. Distinguish'd much by reason, and still more By our capacity of grace divine,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 pages
...its act, And he that shows none, being ripe in years, By which heav'n moves in pard'ning guilty man : And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it in his turn.—COWPER. SECTION V. A paraphrase on- the latter part of the Qth chapter of St. Matthew. WHEN... | |
 | Fashion - 468 pages
...— less by a thousand-fold than he exulted in inflicting. Mercy to him who shows it, is the rule ; And he that shows none, being ripe in years And conscious...commits, Shall seek it, and not find it in his turn." Short time, however, had he for lamentation : silently and slowly William was approaching. Again a... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...act, By which Heav'n moves in pard'ning guilty man; And he that shows none, being ripe in years, 40 And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it in his turn. EXERCISE 90. Christianity. — MASON. The cardinal fact of Christianity, without which all her other... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...is the rule And rightcous limitation of its aet, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; Aud he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious...and still more By our capacity of grace divine, From ereatures that exist but for our sake, Which having served us, perish, we are held Aceountable, and... | |
 | Abraham Smith - 1839 - 144 pages
...that shows it, is the rule And righteous limitation of its act By which heaven moves, in pard'ning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in...he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn."—COWPER. Question.—Has God made any other promise to those who show mercy to the dumb creation... | |
 | M. S. - English poetry - 1839 - 194 pages
...righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shews none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage...commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn. COWPEH. LINES ON LIBERATING A CHAMOIS. [Providence has formed this interesting animal with such instinctive... | |
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