Events which shortsighted politicians ascribed to earthly causes, had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist and the harp... Macaulay's Essay on Milton - Page 40by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1899 - 114 pagesFull view - About this book
| Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...causes, had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen and flourished and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the...darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the dead had arisen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God. " Thus the Puritan was... | |
| Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. ! • .r his sake, the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the Evangelist, and the harp of (he Prophet. He had been wrested, by no common deliverance, from the grasp of no common foe. He bad... | |
| 1825 - 570 pages
...had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake, the Almighty bad proclaimed his will by the peo of the Evangelist, and the harp of the Prophet. He had been wrested, by no common deliverance, from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony,... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...had been ordained on his account. For his sake, empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake, the Almighty had proclaimed his will by...evangelist, and the harp of the prophet. He had been wresled, by no common deliverer, from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by, the sweat... | |
| Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 pages
...been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For bis sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the pen of the evangelist, and the harp of the prophet. Hi-, had been wrested by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed... | |
| Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the...darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the dead had arisen. that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring God ! Thus the Puritan was... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...the harp of the prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no com50 mon foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar...darkened, that the rocks had been rent, that the dead had arisen, that all nature had shuddered at the sufferings of her expiring 55 God! Thus the Puritan was... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...had been 45 ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the...evangelist, and the harp of the prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no com50 mon foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...had been ordained on his account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty had proclaimed his will by the...evangelist, and the harp of the prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...account. For his sake empires had risen, and flourished, and decayed. For his sake the Almighty revealed His will by the pen of the Evangelist, and the harp of the Prophet. He had been rescued by no common deliverer, from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat... | |
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