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Страница 77 - And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
Страница 77 - I say unto you, swear not at all" — I, who gave the first law, and can repeal it at my pleasure — I say unto you, " swear not at all : neither by heaven, for it is God's throne ; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool...
Страница 75 - His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, On pippins' russet peel, And when his juicy salads failed, Sliced carrot pleased him well.
Страница 275 - God hath now sent his living oracle Into the world to teach his final will, And sends his Spirit of truth henceforth to dwell In pious hearts, an inward oracle To all truth requisite for men to know.
Страница 66 - O God ! I could be bounded in a nut-shell, and count myself a king of infinite space; were it not that I have bad dreams.
Страница 190 - Has Heaven reserv'd, in pity to the poor, No pathless waste, or undiscovered shore ? No secret island in the boundless main ? No peaceful desert yet unclaim'd by Spain ? Quick let us rise, the happy seats explore, And bear oppression's insolence no more.
Страница 82 - And would not be obliged to God for more. Vain wretched creature, how art thou misled, To think thy wit these god-like notions bred ! These truths are not the product of thy mind, But dropt from heaven, and of a nobler kind.
Страница 83 - One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies.
Страница 95 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Страница 76 - Oath. AS we confess that vain and rash swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and James his Apostle; so we judge that Christian Religion doth not prohibit, but that a man may swear when the Magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and charity, so it be done according to the Prophet's teaching, in justice, judgment, and truth.