 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 trang
...ambition, which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1812 - 448 trang
...ambition which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself to see his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 trang
...the mind of man.— Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, tosee his creation foreveV beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 262 trang
...to the mind of mamh^Nay, it muft be a profpect pleafing to God himfelf, to fet his creation forever beautifying in his eyes ; and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of refemblance. Methinks this fingle confideration, of the progrefs of a finite fpirit to perfection, will be fuffkient... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 trang
...lhe.roind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his: creation, forever beautifying in his eyes ; and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. '. Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 trang
...ambition which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it most be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to set his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection',... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 trang
...of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifyipg in his eyes; and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1817 - 594 trang
...natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself to see his creatures for ever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. Mcthinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 340 trang
...ambition which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospectpleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. x 3 Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
 | 1820 - 424 trang
...ambition which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
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... adding virtue to virtue, and knowledge to knowledge ; carries in it something wonderfully agreeable to that ambition which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying... 
