Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
WILLIAM COWPERYe therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
More William Cowper Quotes
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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