 | Great Britain - 1710 - 488 pages
...Reafon. All theOtr -jeftions which he can form, are laid open and difperfed, before he ufes the leaft Vehemence in his Sermon $ but when he thinks he has your Head,' he very foon wins your Heart ^ and never pretends to (how the Beauty of Holinefs, 'till he hath convinced you... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1712 - 418 pages
...Reafon. AH the Objections which 'he can form, are laid open and' oifpeiTed, before he ules the leaft Vehemence in his Sermon ; but when he thinks he has your Head, he very foon wins your Heart ; and never pretends to (how the Beauty of Holinefs, 'till he hath convinced you... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - Booksellers' catalogs - 1715 - 330 pages
...All the Objections.. * which he can form are laid open and dif« per fed, before he nfes the leaft Vehemence * in his Sermon: but when he thinks he has 'your Head, be very foon wins youc Heart; •••' « d < and never pretends to fhow the Beauty of ' Holinefs,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 pages
...most exact and honest skill : he never attempts your passions, until he has convinced your reason. All the objections which he can form, are laid open and...pretends to show the beauty of holiness, until he has convinced you of the truth of it. Would every one of our clergymen be thus careful to recommend... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 342 pages
...form are laid open and xlispersed, before he uses the least vehemence in hi* sermon ; but when lie thinks he has your head, he Very soon wins your heart; and never pretends te show the beauty of holiness., until he hath convinced you of the truth of it. Would every one of... | |
 | English essays - 1804 - 450 pages
...most exact and honest skill : he never attempts your passions until he has convinced your reason. All the objections which he can form are laid open and...very soon wins your heart ; and never pretends to shew the beauty of holiness, until he hath convinced you of the truth of it. Would every one of our... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 346 pages
...Atterbury. f At the chapel of Bridewell Hospital, where he was twenty year: minister and preacher. . the objections which he can form are laid open and...he very soon wins your heart: and never pretends to shew the beauty of holiness, until he hath con. vinced you of the truth of it. Would every one of our... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 536 pages
...skill. He never, attempts your passions till he has convinced your reason. All the objections which you can form are laid open and dispersed, before he uses...he very soon wins your heart, and never pretends to shew the beauty of holiness, till he has convinced you of the truth of it."—In his letters to Pope,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 538 pages
...skill. He never attempts your passions till he has convinced your reason. All the objections which you can form are laid open and dispersed, before he uses...his sermon ; but when he thinks he has your head, be very soon wins your heart, and never pretends to shew the beauty of holiness, till he has convinced... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 558 pages
...most exact and honest skill : he never attempts your passions, until he has convinced your reason. All the objections which he can form, are laid open and...pretends to show the beauty of holiness, until he has convinced you of the truth of it. Would every one of our clergymen be thus careful to recommend... | |
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This art of his is used with the most exact and honest skill: he never attempts your passions till he has convinced your reason. All the objections which he can form are laid open and dispersed, before he uses the least vehemence in his sermon ; but when... 
