 | Ralph Erskine - 1751 - 312 sidor
...Example I .adduce, you may read, 'Page 153^, Stanza \ith, Branch sd ivbere the Words are, . •t . To good and Evil equal bent, % I'm both a Devil and a Saint. Here the Reader may notice, That, the Subject fpoken of is the Believer, or the Saint his old and -new... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1793 - 384 sidor
...Thofe that be planted in the houfe of the Lord, fhall flourifh in the courts ofour God. They fhall u As all amphibious creatures do, I live in land and water too e : . To good and evil equal bent f, I'm both a devil g, and a faint b. '. While fome men who on earth... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1806 - 338 sidor
...n, 12. The other example I adduce, you may read, Part III. Seft. ii. verfe 47, where the words are, To good and evil equal bent, I'm both a devil and a l'aint. Here the reader may notice, that the fubjocT: fpoken of is the BEL1EVER, or the faint's old... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 sidor
...God's servants or the devil's slaves. It cannot be as a good mistaken man has endeavoured to sing : " To good and evil, equal bent, " I'm both a devil and a saint." F know not whether it be possible to paint the utter pre« talonee of sin in stronger colours than... | |
 | 1859 - 632 sidor
...; that which is born from beneath, that which is born from above. Hence blessed Erskine sings — " To good and evil equal bent, I'm both a devil and a saint." But mark, though it is a desperate warfare, and a ceaseless warfare, the issue is by no means doubtful.... | |
 | Noah Levings - 1827 - 248 sidor
...time ! ! This divinity brings to mind some lines in an old book entitled " The Gospel Sonnets." — " As all amphibious creatures do, I live in land and...and evil equal bent, I'm both a devil and a saint." But our author attempts to establish his doctrine, that the genuine Christian is really sinful and... | |
 | 1847 - 518 sidor
...and advocates. As a specimen take the following morceau: " As all amphibious creatures do, I live on land, and water too, To good and evil equal bent, I'm both a devil and a saint." We do not claim to have read this delectable effusion. It was repeated to us by a friend, as part of... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1849 - 558 sidor
...treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. As all amphibious creatures do, I live in land and water too : ? To good and evil equal bent, f I 'in both a devil, .'/ and a saint. A While some men who on earth are gods, » Are with the God... | |
 | 1849 - 898 sidor
...complete in him ! Not in ourselves ; 0 no! self in myself I hate, and I can truly say, with Erskine, " To good and evil equal bent, I'm both a devil and a saint." . ;' 1 find to this day that the old man is corrupt, and can do nothing but sin against God and Christ,... | |
 | Richard Poole - 1852 - 216 sidor
...? would be answered, — " Too bad for heaven, too good for hell, My curious name is hard to tell ; To good and evil equal bent, I'm both a devil and a saint ! " Such a contradictory description of the saint may comport with erroneous views of scripture, and... | |
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To Good and Evil equal bent, I'm both a Devil and a Saint. 
