Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted ; infinity cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved. Lives of English poets - Page 275by Samuel Johnson - 1801Full view - About this book
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 356 pages
...for by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. " The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy... | |
| James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 368 pages
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved. ***** Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that the most simple expression is the most... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1834 - 618 pages
...for by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. " The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Fait}), invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pages
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. " The employments of pious meditation are Faith, Thanksgiving, Repentance, and Supplication. Faith invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy with... | |
| Baptists - 1835 - 606 pages
...Johnson, with majestic energy, remarks, that " whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved." LEUMAS. A CANDID APPEAL TO CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIANS. To the Editor of the Baptist Magazine. OF all... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pages
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. " The employments of pious meditation are Faith, Thanksgiving, Repentance, and Supplication. Faith invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy with... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...hoped by Christiansfrom metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy... | |
| Robert Benson - 1837 - 240 pages
...or the wit of Horace ; and as to poetical devotion, we agree with Johnson that it rarely pleases. " Omnipotence cannot be exalted; Infinity cannot be amplified; Perfection cannot be improved." The notes from the diary, in the Appendix, while they indicate the frequent communication of the brothers... | |
| Robert Benson - 1837 - 254 pages
...or the wit of Horace ; and as to poetical devotion, we agree with Johnson that it rarely pleases. " Omnipotence cannot be exalted; Infinity cannot be amplified; Perfection cannot be improved." The notes from the diary, in the Appendix, while they indicate the frequent communication of the brothers... | |
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