Thoughts in prison, [in verse] by W. Dodd. To which are added, his last prayer [&c.].1809 |
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afflicted amidst awful beatific bless blest blood Britons burst Christ Christian comfort crimes dark dear death deep delight distress divine dread duty e'er earth eternal Ev'n eyes faith Father flowing tears forgive Frederick Bull friends Futurity glad gloom glory golden Sun grace gracious guilt hand happy hath heart Heaven heavenly holy hope horror hour human humble immortal Imprisonment Jesus justice labours laws life's live Lord Lord Chesterfield lov'd March 18 mercy mind mournful ne'er o'er offence oh Mercy pardon peace penal laws penitence pity pity's poison'd poor praise prayer prison Psalm Public Punishment Religion repentance Retrospect sage scorn self-convicted shame sight sincere sins smile solemn sorrow soul soul's spirit suffer sweet tears thee thine thou art thou hast thou know'st thought throne thy love toil trembling Trial truth twill voice weeping wild WILLIAM DODD wisdom wretch zeal
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181. oldal - And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
195. oldal - Thee, according to Thy blessed Word and ordinance ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with Thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
72. oldal - Of gloomy, black misfortune, books, dear books, Have been, and are, my comforts. Morn and night, Adversity, prosperity, at home, Abroad, health, sickness, — good or ill report, The same firm friends ; the same refreshment rich And source of consolation.
184. oldal - Cod night and day. When, in the review of the times which we have past, any offence arises to our thoughts, let us humbly implore forgiveness; and for those faults (and many they are and must be) which we cannot recollect, let us solicit mercy in general petitions. But it must be our constant care that we pray not merely with our lips ; but that when we lament our sins, we are really humbled \ in...
200. oldal - On Friday morning I am to be made immortal ! I die with a heart truly contrite, and broken under a sense of its great and manifold offences, but comforted and sustained by a firm faith in the pardoning love of Jesus Christ.
186. oldal - Our repentance is like that of other sinners on the deathhed ; but with this advantage, that our danger is not greater, and our strength is more; our faculties are not impaired by weakness of body. We come to the great work, not withered by pains, nor clouded by the fumes of disease, but with minds capable of continued attention, and with bodies, of which we need have no care ! We may therefore better discharge this tremendous duty, and better judge of our own performance.
183. oldal - ... rejected. If we are tempted to think that the injuries we have done are unrepaired, and, therefore, repentance is vain ; let us remember that the reparation which is...
202. oldal - Tyburn Tree." The following account of the life of Dr. Dodd is said to have been sketched by himself while lying in Newgate, awaiting his execution, and to have been finished by Dr. Johnson : — " I entered very young on public life, very innocent — very ignorant — and very ingenuous. I lived many happy years at West Ham, in an uninterrupted and successful discharge of my duty. A disappointment in the living of that parish obliged me to exert myself, and I engaged for a chapel near Buckingham...
182. oldal - ... this moment and death, we may exert faith, perform obedience, and exercise repentance, in a manner which our heavenly Father may, in his infinite mercy, vouchsafe to accept. I. Faith is the foundation of all Christian virtue. . It is that without which it is impossible topleaseGod.