 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 Seiten
...displeasure ; but 1 have been, as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy scriptures much more. I have sought...courts, fields, and gardens ; but I have found thee hi thy temples. " Thousands have been my sins, and ten thousands my transgressions, but thy sanctifkations... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1809 - 304 Seiten
...displeasure ; but I have been, as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, * The approach of Christmas. and gardens ; but I have found thee in thy temples. "Thousands have been... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 Seiten
...displeasures, but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought...sins, and ten thousands my transgressions, but thy sanctifi cations have remained with me, and my heart (through thy grace) hath been an unquenchcd coal... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 Seiten
...displeasure ; but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought...thousands my transgressions ; but thy sanctifications have re« mained with me, and my heart, through thy grace, hath been an unquenched coal upon tliine altar.... | |
 | 1840 - 520 Seiten
...as the Christian faith. I have delighted in the brightness of Thy sanctuary Thy creatures have been my books, but Thy Scriptures much more. I have sought...and gardens, but I have found Thee in thy temples." 9. SIR ISAAC NEWTON. " We account the Scriptures the most sublime philosophy." 10. SELDEN. "There is... | |
 | 1839 - 1092 Seiten
...philosophical, testified in his prayers his attachment to the same holy volume : " Thy creatures have been my books ; but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens ; hut have found thee in thy temples !" Reverence for the Scripture is perfectly consistent with the... | |
 | 1847 - 648 Seiten
...displeasure ; but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in courts, fields, and gardens ; but I have found thee in thy temples. Thousands have been my sins, and... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 632 Seiten
...displeasure; but I have been, as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought...grace, hath been an unquenched coal upon thine altar. ' 0 Lord, my strength ! I have since my youth met with thee in all my ways, by thy fatherly compassions,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 Seiten
...displeasures, but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought...have found thee in thy temples. Thousands have been ray sins, and ten thousands my transgressions, but thy sanctifications have remained with me, and my... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 Seiten
...and " The Writer's Prayer," are in the Baconiana. (6) Vol. vii. p. 8. (c) Vol. vii. p. 9. VOL. xV. ff my books, but thy scriptures much more. I have sought...and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples." (a) Instaura- The same holy feeling appears in all his important tton' works. The preface to his Instauratio... | |
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Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples. 
