The Life and Correspondence of John Foster, Volume 2Wiley & Putnam, 1846 |
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affectionate appear appointed April 24 believe Bourton Bristol catholic emancipation cause character Christ Christian church circumstances clergy considerable consolation dear friend dear sir death degree dissenters divine doctrine Downend earnest earth Easthope effect eternal evangelical event evil express faith favour feel felt Foster friendly grand gratified habits happy hear hope imagine infinite interest Ireland JOHN FAWCETT JOHN PURSER JOHN SHEPPARD JOSIAH HILL kind labour letter look manner means melan ment mercy mind ministers moral Morning Chronicle nation nature never object painful passed pensive perhaps persons piety pious pleasure popery portion preaching present principle probably racter recollect reflexion reform regret religion religious remain respect rotten boroughs scene sense sentiment Serampore Socinian solemn sometimes soul spirit Stapleton strong suffered supposed thing THOMAS COLES thought tion truth weeks whole wish writing young youth
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Page 124 - But he that knew not. and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Page 447 - ... short term of mortal existence (absurdly sometimes denominated a probation) under all the world's pernicious influences, with the addition of the malign and deadly one of the great tempter and destroyer, to confirm and augment the inherent depravity, on their speedy passage to everlasting woe, — I repeat, I am, without pretending to any extraordinary depth of feeling, amazed to conceive what they contrive to do with their sensibility, and in what manner they maintain a firm assurance of the...
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Page 170 - For it is vain to deny, that the Church of England clergy have politically been a party in the country, from Elizabeth's time downwards, and a party opposed to the cause, which in the main has been the cause of improvement.
Page 444 - I hope, indeed may assume, that you are of a cheerful temperament; but are you not sometimes invaded by the darkest visions and reflections while casting your view over the scene of human existence, from the beginning to this hour ? To me it appears a most mysteriously awful economy, overspread by a lurid and dreadful shade.
Page 407 - ... case just the same if that sum of figures were multiplied by itself. And then think of man — his nature, his situation, the circumstances of his brief sojourn and trial on earth. Far be it from us to make light of the demerit of sin, and to remonstrate with the supreme Judge against a severe chastisement, of whatever moral nature we may regard the infliction to be.
Page 411 - ... necessitates a continuance of the criminality; the doctrine teaching that it is of the essence, and is an awful aggravation, of the original consignment, — that it dooms the condemned to maintain the criminal spirit unchanged for ever. The doom to sin as well as to suffer, and, according to the argument, to sin in order to suffer, is inflicted as the punishment of the sin committed in the mortal state. Virtually, therefore, the eternal punishment is the punishment of the sins of time.