Providence, they 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 him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They... Macaulay's Essays on Milton and Addison - Página 62por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1893 - 207 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1832 - 852 páginas
...whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| 1825 - 570 páginas
...him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious bornage which other sects substituted for the pure worship...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| 1825 - 582 páginas
...inspection nothing was too miuutc. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end uf existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted fur the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring... | |
| 1826 - 596 páginas
...whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 páginas
...with contempt, the ceremorrions:-hd*J m^ge which other sects substituted for ' the pure"fcor>' ship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| Ant The - 1827 - 366 páginas
...whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 páginas
...to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with con10 tempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. 15 Hence originated their contempt... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1830 - 592 páginas
...from their offensive lubricity and rank obscenity. Yet we are to be told that such vulgar spirits, " instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil," by which the writer indicates the decent services of religion and the accessories of devotion, " aspired... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 páginas
...power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 páginas
...whose inspection nothing is too minute. To know Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and commune with Him face to face. Hence originated their contempt of earthly... | |
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