The tin trumpet; or, Heads and tales, for the wise and waggish; to which are added, poetical selections. By the late Paul Chatfield. Ed. by Jefferson Saunders. By H. Smith1869 |
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... divine original . ARTICLES , The Thirty - nine - spiritual canons , drawn up with the most subtle complication for the purpose of es- tablishing a general simplicity and unity in matters of faith . Of these Polyglot persuaders to the ...
... divine original . ARTICLES , The Thirty - nine - spiritual canons , drawn up with the most subtle complication for the purpose of es- tablishing a general simplicity and unity in matters of faith . Of these Polyglot persuaders to the ...
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... the passions of man ? If you can bring any proofs against any thing delivered in this book , I shall think it my duty to reply to you . Articles of churches are not of divine authority ; have done with them 33 THE TIN TRUMPET ;
... the passions of man ? If you can bring any proofs against any thing delivered in this book , I shall think it my duty to reply to you . Articles of churches are not of divine authority ; have done with them 33 THE TIN TRUMPET ;
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... divine will . Such , at least , was the opinion of Bishop Watson , as it had been previously professed by the celebrated Bishop Hoadly , and other distinguished members of the Church of England . Xerxes , we are told , ordered the non ...
... divine will . Such , at least , was the opinion of Bishop Watson , as it had been previously professed by the celebrated Bishop Hoadly , and other distinguished members of the Church of England . Xerxes , we are told , ordered the non ...
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... divine grace may be very earnest ; but they are less apparent than his anxiety to be made an Archbishop , that so he may receive the worship of " Your Grace , " from the mouths of men . In title he is Right Reverend , but there are many ...
... divine grace may be very earnest ; but they are less apparent than his anxiety to be made an Archbishop , that so he may receive the worship of " Your Grace , " from the mouths of men . In title he is Right Reverend , but there are many ...
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... divine : - " Christ in his sympathetic cha- racter , was fairer than the sons of men , therefore full of grace were his lips . His humanity was not , like ours , degenerate , but refined and exalted . God breathed direct into him . Sin ...
... divine : - " Christ in his sympathetic cha- racter , was fairer than the sons of men , therefore full of grace were his lips . His humanity was not , like ours , degenerate , but refined and exalted . God breathed direct into him . Sin ...
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Page 50 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Page 45 - THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree...
Page 365 - Is lightened ; that serene and blessed mood In which the affections gently lead us on, Until the breath of this corporeal frame, And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul : While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.
Page 341 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Page 179 - Thus may we gather honey from the weed, And make a moral of the devil himself.
Page 179 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 167 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 52 - Why no, Sir. Every body knows you are paid for affecting warmth for your client; and it is, therefore, properly no dissimulation: the moment you come from the bar you resume your usual behaviour. Sir, a man will no more carry the artifice of the bar into the common intercourse of society, than a man who is paid for tumbling upon his hands will continue to tumble upon his hands when he should walk on his feet.
Page 245 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts...
Page 339 - Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion 'were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men.