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... The Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century - Página 303por Edwin Paxton Hood - 1882 - 329 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1825 - 582 páginas
...were men »hose minds had derived a pi-culiar character from the d.-iily contemplation of snperior beings, and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging,...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... | |
| 1825 - 570 páginas
...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...Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-rnlinc Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 páginas
...• I.' -I. • ,. . ,,. ', i, i••'«, li,rt'o THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived i A peculiar character from the daily contemplation...with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Pfovidence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 páginas
...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...with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Prov5 idence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 páginas
...not a limit — to judgments which will make you desolate. Beecher. 108. Character of 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 overruling Prov5 idence, they habitually ascribed... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 páginas
...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 páginas
...— to judgments which will make you desolate. Beechcr. 108. Character of the Puritans. The purtians were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Prov5 idence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 páginas
...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...the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing is too vast, for whose inspection nothing is too minute. To know Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him, was... | |
| Ethan Smith - 1833 - 422 páginas
...take them under their protection, but they were abandoned without reserve to satirists and dramatists. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from their contemplation of eternal things. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling... | |
| John Warner Barber - 1836 - 598 páginas
...partial to them, "were the most remarkable body of men, perhaps, which the world has ever produced They were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...Not content with acknowledging in general terms, an over ruling providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose... | |
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