 He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. "Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic...  The Lutheran Magazine - Pàgina 1111830Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1848 - 658 pàgines
...ambassador, the great concerns Of judgment and mercy, should beware Of lightneu in his speech. ' ! ' is pitiful To court a grin when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest when pity should inspire Pathetic eihortation." Wit and irony are dangerous weapons to be used in defence of... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1845 - 636 pàgines
...and preacll the Gospel to every creature." Mark, xvi. 15. * The preacher.] Thus Cowper. Task, b. ii. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul, &c. 6 Saint Anthony Fattens with this his swine.] On the sale of these blessings, the brothers of St.... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - 1846 - 390 pàgines
...general principle, also cannot fail to condemn any thing like a low anecdote, or a jest, in the pulpit. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo...facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart! So did not Paul. In regard to the last of these principles, Austin, himself a clergyman, remarks... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pàgines
...As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in hia speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should...a soul : To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetick exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's... | |
 | 1846 - 590 pàgines
...mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech, "f is pitiful To court a grin, when you should win a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart! So... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pàgines
...negotiates between God and man. As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment, and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful...to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, lV hen sent with God's commission to the heart ! So did not Paul. Direct me to a quip Or merry turn... | |
 | William Brewis - 1848 - 38 pàgines
...that negociates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. "Tis pitiful...when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart."... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 pàgines
...ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware 465 Of lightness in his speech. 'T is pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul...to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, 470 When sent with God's commission to the heart. So did not Paul. Direct me to a quip Or merry turn... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 pàgines
...that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful...when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart :... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pàgines
...that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, uns Athwart the rifted deep : at once it bursts, And...piles a thousand mountains to the clouds. Ill fare hreak a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t ' address The skittish fancy with... | |
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