The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event... Advertiser Notes and Queries - Strana 1971881Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1832 - Počet stránok 852
...read it before I shall not stint you with a meagre extract. — " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know... | |
| 1825 - Počet stránok 582
...were men »hose minds had derived a pi-culiar character from the d.-iily contemplation of snperior beings, and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging,...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast. for u hose inspection nothing was too miuutc. To... | |
| 1825 - Počet stránok 570
...of the Puritans. [Extracted from the Edinburgh. Rtvieic, No. 84.] THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation...Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-rnlinc Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose... | |
| 1826 - Počet stránok 596
...defensible, or all their opinions without error. The reviewers say — "The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - Počet stránok 340
...• I.' -I. • ,. . ,,. ', i, i••'«, li,rt'o THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived i A peculiar character from the daily contemplation...with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Pfovidence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing... | |
| Ant The - 1827 - Počet stránok 366
...an end to imagination. But it was not so with mine. THE PURITANS. THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - Počet stránok 418
...will make you desolate. 108. Character of the Puritans. Beecher. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation...with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Prov5 idence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - Počet stránok 452
...will make you desolate. Beecher. 108. Character of the Puritans. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content-with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Prov5 idence, they habitually ascribed... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - Počet stránok 270
..." The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplations of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1848 - Počet stránok 590
...in the language of Britain's most eloquent modern essayist : v " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing is too vast, for whose inspection nothing is too minute. To know... | |
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