 | 1832 - 852 sidor
...you with a meagre extract. — " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and...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 - 582 sidor
...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 sidor
...the Edinburgh. Rtvieic, No. 84.] THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings, and...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... | |
 | 1826 - 596 sidor
...without error. The reviewers say — "The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and...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 sidor
...,,. ', 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...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... | |
 | Ant The - 1827 - 366 sidor
...not so with mine. THE PURITANS. THE Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and...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 - 1828 - 418 sidor
...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 sidor
...108. Character of the Puritans. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and...with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Prov5 idence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 sidor
..." The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplations of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content...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 - 1830 - 264 sidor
...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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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... 
