 Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know Him, to serve Him,...  Macaulay's Essay on Milton - Page 52by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 82 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too...sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze... | |
 | 1825 - 570 pages
...Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too...existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious bornage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...the 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 great end uf existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted fur... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 pages
...Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too...sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...Pfovidence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too...end of existence. They rejected, with contempt, the ceremorrions:-hd*J m^ge which other sects substituted for ' the pure"fcor>' ship of the soul. Instead... | |
 | Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too...sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...idence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too...them the great end of existence. They rejected with con10 tempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...to serve 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 the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for 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 - Church history - 1830 - 250 pages
...ministers, strikes me with such admiration, as their fervent, devoted piety. They were eminently 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 deep, mellow tone... | |
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