 | William Cowper - 1842 - 166 pages
...between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware 466 Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court...a soul : To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetick exhortation ; and t" address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, 470 When sent with... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...trim, 460 And quaint, in its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heav'nly mind — demands a doubt. He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador,...grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware 465 Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul : To break... | |
 | 1845 - 840 pages
...is all vrrmg, " and the authority of Cowper was of course brought in to confirm the sentiment. 'Tit pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul,...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... | |
 | John Leland - 1845 - 760 pages
...manner has been thought, by some, to approach too near to the theatrical. Cowper, the poet, says : ' He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, must beware Of lightness in his speech.' " Here Mr. Leland and the poet are at variance ; he does,... | |
 | 1848 - 658 pages
...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 pages
...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.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...fantastic, trim, And quaint, in its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heav'nly mind — demands a doubt. He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador,...judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in hia speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul : To break a jest, when pity would... | |
 | 1846 - 590 pages
...affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty man. — He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns * Weight and gravity arc but two versions of the same won!. Of judgment and of mercy, should beware... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...fantastic, trim, And quaint in its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heavenly mind — demands a doubt. He that negotiates between God and man. As God's ambassador,...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 pages
...infinite merits of Jesus, is surely not a fit subject for harlequin merriment. " He that negociates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand...when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart."... | |
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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... 
