The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts, Том 4D. Browne, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1762 |
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... , with its artful bril- liances , dazzle common understandings ? That noble author fmiles at a certain text of which I fhall make a * * Lord Bolingbroke , F. 6 . ferious ferious ufe , viz . When the fons of God On INFIDELITY . 107.
... , with its artful bril- liances , dazzle common understandings ? That noble author fmiles at a certain text of which I fhall make a * * Lord Bolingbroke , F. 6 . ferious ferious ufe , viz . When the fons of God On INFIDELITY . 107.
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... understanding , instead of couching those that are blind ,, is for putting out the eyes of thofe that fee . Thus , heaven's fupreme bleffing on us in the Gofpel , is not an-- nulled only , by our perverseness ; but turned to much hurt ...
... understanding , instead of couching those that are blind ,, is for putting out the eyes of thofe that fee . Thus , heaven's fupreme bleffing on us in the Gofpel , is not an-- nulled only , by our perverseness ; but turned to much hurt ...
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... understandings , an oblation of our idolized reafon , to God ; which he requires fo indifpenfably , that our whole will , and affections , though seemingly a larger facrifice , will not , without it , be received at our hands . Does any ...
... understandings , an oblation of our idolized reafon , to God ; which he requires fo indifpenfably , that our whole will , and affections , though seemingly a larger facrifice , will not , without it , be received at our hands . Does any ...
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... understanding from darkening into errors . The fame qualification which is neceffary for us in order to please God ... understandings to credit their Creator . Socinus , like our infidels , was one of a narrow throat ; and , out of ...
... understanding from darkening into errors . The fame qualification which is neceffary for us in order to please God ... understandings to credit their Creator . Socinus , like our infidels , was one of a narrow throat ; and , out of ...
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... understanding the foun- dation of chriftianity , but is alfo , I conceive , an abfo- Jute demonftration of its truth . Becaufe it is a mystery which by nature could not poffibly have entered into the imagination of man ; which they ...
... understanding the foun- dation of chriftianity , but is alfo , I conceive , an abfo- Jute demonftration of its truth . Becaufe it is a mystery which by nature could not poffibly have entered into the imagination of man ; which they ...
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abfolute adore Æther againſt angels art thou becauſe bleffed caufe cauſe Centaurs Chriftian cloſe confcience dæmon darkneſs death defires delight Dignity divine doft duft earth eternal faid faith fame fcene feems feen felves fenfe fhall fhew fhine fhort fhould fince fing firſt folly fome fons foon foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftars ftill ftrike ftrong fuch fuperior fupport fupreme fure give glory greateſt guilt happineſs happy heart heaven himſelf hope human immortal indulgence infidelity infpires laft laſt leaft lefs light LORENZO mankind mercy moft moral moſt muft muſt myfteries nature nature's night o'er ourſelves paffions paft pleaſure praife praiſe prefent promiſe reafon reft rife ruin ſcene ſenſe ſhall ſkies ſpeak ſpheres ſtars ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thought thouſand triumph underſtanding vice virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh worfe wretched
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Сторінка 178 - a friend. He might have had many. With what capacities was he endowed, with what advantages, for being greatly good? But with the talents of an angel a man may be a fool. If he judges amifs in the fupreme point, judging right in all elfe but aggravates his folly; as it (hews him wrong, though
Сторінка 7 - himfelf; Who dares to meet his naked heart alone ; Who hears, intrepid, the full charge it brings, Refolv'd to filence future murmurs there ? The coward flies; and, flying, is undone. (Art thou a coward ? No :) The coward flies; Thinks, but thinks flightly ; afks, but fears to know, Afks, " What is truth ?
Сторінка 79 - diadem has dropp'd Yon gems of heav'n ; Eternity, thy prize : And leave the racers of the world their own, Their feather, and their froth, for endlefs toils : They part with all for that which is not bread; They mortify, they ftarve, on wealth, fame,
Сторінка 81 - that title high, within thy reach. Awake, then: thy PHILANDER calls: awake) Thou, who fhalt wake, when the creation fleeps \ When, like a taper, all thefe funs expire; When TIME, like him of Gaza in his wrath, Plucking the pillars that fupport the world. In NATURE'S ample ruins lies
Сторінка 26 - they truly are divine, And half-abfolv'd idolatry from guilt; Nay, turn'd it into virtue. Such it was In thofe, who put forth all they had of Man Unloft, to lift their thought, nor mounted higher; But, weak of wing, on planets perch'd ; and thought What was their higheft, muft be their ador'd. But They how
Сторінка 78 - What words are thefe—And did they come from And were they fpoke to man ? to guilty man ? What are all myfteries to love like this ? The fongs of angels, all the melodies Of choral gods, are wafted in the found ; Heal and exhilarate the broken heart; Though plung'd, before, in horrors dark as night:
Сторінка 53 - throws his beams about him, Farther, and fafter, than a thought can fly, And feeds his planets with eternal fires! This Heliopolis, by greater far, Than the proud tyrant of the Nile, was built • And He alone, who built it, can deftroy. Beyond this City, why ftrays human thought
Сторінка 16 - Inhuman, or effeminate, his heart; Reafon abfolves the grief, which reafon ends. May heav'n ne'er truft my friend with happinefs,. Till it has taught him how to bear it well, By previous pain ; and made it fafe to fmile ! Such fmiles are mine, and fuch may they remain ; Nor hazard their
Сторінка 175 - ' ftrike thy murderer to the heart.—How art thou fled •" for ever!—A month !—Oh, for a fingle week ! I afk '' not for years. Though an age were too little for the " much I have to do.
Сторінка 177 - Oh ! Thou blafphemed, yet moft indulgent, Lord • • God! hell itfelf is a refuge, if it hides me from thy " frown." Soon after, his underftanding failed. His terrified imagination uttered horrors not to be repeated, or ever forgot. And ere the fun (which I hope has feen few like him) arofe, the gay, young, noble, ingenious,