 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...  Macaulay's Essay on Milton - Page 24by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 89 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually...Him, to enjoy Him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the... | |
 | 1825 - 570 pages
...superior beings, and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-rnlinc Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to...him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious bornage which other sects substituted for the... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...the d.-iily contemplation of snperior beings, and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Providence, they...Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast. for u hose inspection nothing was too miuutc. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 pages
...from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually...him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Pfovidence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of...him, to enjoy him, was, with them, the great end of existence. They rejected, with contempt, the ceremorrions:-hd*J m^ge which other sects substituted... | |
 | Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Providence, they...him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Prov5 idence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of...him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with con10 tempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...the daily contemplations of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually...whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which... | |
 | Joel Hawes - Church history - 1830 - 250 pages
...ministers, strikes me with such admiration, as their fervent, devoted piety. They were eminently men of God. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They were mighty in prayer, They were trained in the school of affliction, which gave a... | |
 | Joel Hawes - Church history - 1830 - 264 pages
...strikes me with such admiration, as their fervent, devoted piety. They were eminent! j men of God. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They were mighty in prayer. They were trained in the school of affliction, which gave a... | |
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