The Meditations of a Recluse: Chiefly on Religious SubjectsF. and C. Rivington, and W. Clarke, 1802 |
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Side 26
... mind is obliged to recur to its own exertions and search out its way to the original fountains of nature , the sources of eternal truth . Dazzled by the false lights . of an interested philosophy , mifled by the seductions of vice , we ...
... mind is obliged to recur to its own exertions and search out its way to the original fountains of nature , the sources of eternal truth . Dazzled by the false lights . of an interested philosophy , mifled by the seductions of vice , we ...
Side 28
... eye is not satisfied with " seeing nor the ear with hearing ? " The most untrained savage must make the ob- servation of the Arab , when his mind in- forms forms him that , there can be no effect with- 28 Reflections on Atheism .
... eye is not satisfied with " seeing nor the ear with hearing ? " The most untrained savage must make the ob- servation of the Arab , when his mind in- forms forms him that , there can be no effect with- 28 Reflections on Atheism .
Side 32
... mind to a greater degree of re- collection , a greater intenseness of thought There is something awful in the surround- ing darkness , something more than human in the prospect of the luminaries of the night . night . The splendid orbs ...
... mind to a greater degree of re- collection , a greater intenseness of thought There is something awful in the surround- ing darkness , something more than human in the prospect of the luminaries of the night . night . The splendid orbs ...
Side 34
... minds , and the common " consent of all other men ; in every thing " within us and every thing without us ; " that no man of the meanest capacity and greatest disadvantages whatsoever , with the slightest and most superficial obser- " C ...
... minds , and the common " consent of all other men ; in every thing " within us and every thing without us ; " that no man of the meanest capacity and greatest disadvantages whatsoever , with the slightest and most superficial obser- " C ...
Side 35
... mind , from every be- lief of a supreme Being , from every ex- pectation of a future state , and of course from every apprehension of future punish- ment ; would he rush impetuously into every enormity of behaviour ? No. Human laws ...
... mind , from every be- lief of a supreme Being , from every ex- pectation of a future state , and of course from every apprehension of future punish- ment ; would he rush impetuously into every enormity of behaviour ? No. Human laws ...
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Side 193 - The depth saith, It is not in me : And the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Side 169 - Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things...
Side 189 - The powers of man : we feel within ourselves His energy divine : he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being ; to be great like him, , Beneficent and active.
Side 208 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Side 44 - Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present : and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wines and ointments : and let no flower of the spring pass by us : let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered...
Side 208 - O God, Thou art my' God; early will I seek Thee: My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; To see Thy power and Thy glory, So as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary.
Side 169 - But now ye also put off all these ; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds...
Side 199 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Side 30 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being His counsellor hath taught Him?
Side 212 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.