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 | 1832 - 852 pages
...eloquence, that though you must have read it before I shall not stint you with a meagre extract. — " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed... | |
 | 1825 - 570 pages
...Yours truly, W. И. ANGAS. Character of the Puritans. [Extracted from the Edinburgh. Rtvieic, No. 84.] THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...contemplation of superior beings, and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-rnlinc Providence, they habitually ascribed... | |
 | 1826 - 596 pages
...that all their actions were defensible, or all their opinions without error. The reviewers say — "The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...• I.' -I. • ,. . ,,. ', i, i••'«, li,rt'o THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived i A peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Pfovidence, they habitually ascribed... | |
 | Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...married her. Marriage usually puts an end to imagination. But it was not so with mine. THE PURITANS. THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Providence, they habitually ascribed... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...not a limit —to judgments which will make you desolate. 108. Character of the Puritans. Beecher. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...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 - 270 pages
...churches and cabinets, as if they were the titular dignitaries of the chess-board !" Example 17. " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplations of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 416 pages
...— to judgments which will make you desolate. Beechcr. 108. Character of the Puritans. The purtians were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Prov5 idence, they habitually ascribed... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...who were the Puritans? Let me answer in the language of Britain's most eloquent modern essayist : v " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...sea, And the stupendous anthem which is beat For ever on its shores. And he moved on. .THE PURITANS. THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Providence, they habitually ascribed... | |
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