Memoirs of the Life of the Late Major-General Andrew Burn, of the Royal Marines: Collected from His Journals: with Copious Extracts from His Principal Works on Religious Subjects ...W. Winchester and son, 1815 |
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Memoirs of the Life of the Late Major-General Andrew Burn, of the Royal ... Andrew Burn Volledige weergave - 1815 |
Memoirs of the Life of the Late Major-General Andrew Burn, of the Royal ... John Allen,Olinthus Gregory,Andrew Burn, Prof Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2015 |
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Pagina 87 - Howbeit, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Pagina 255 - Or dash Octavius from the trophied car ; Say, does thy secret soul repine to taste The big distress ? Or would'st thou then exchange Those heart-ennobling sorrows for the lot Of him who sits amid the gaudy herd Of...
Pagina 129 - ... so narrow that I found it altogether impracticable in that posture. Grieved to be left behind, and determined to get in, if possible, I fell down on my hands, and tried to squeeze my head and shoulders through; but finding myself still too. high, I then kneeled down, crept, wrestled, and pushed more eagerly, but all to no purpose. Vexed to the last degree, yet unwilling to be left outside, I...
Pagina 129 - I stripped myself entirely, and forced my body between the door and the ground, till the rough stones and gravel tore all the skin and flesh upon my breast, and (as I thought) covered me with blood. Indifferent, however, about this, and perceiving I advanced a little, I continued to strive and squeeze with more violence than ever, till at last I got safely through. As soon as I stood upon my feet on the inside, an invisible hand clothed me in a long white robe; and as I turned round to view the place,...
Pagina 130 - ... bands of sleep, and made me start up in my bed, singing the high praises of God. So much was I impressed by this remarkable dream, that from this day I was enabled to begin an entirely new life, which (as I advanced in the saving knowledge of divine things) proved as different from the life I had led for several years back, as it is possible any two opposites can be. Old things were now done away, and all things became new.
Pagina 157 - A lew days hardly had elapsed, when an order came from the Admiralty to send the Resolution up to Chatham, and one of the ships there to take her place.
Pagina 154 - God paid no attention to those who pretended to be such. In this gloomy, desponding state, like a criminal going to execution, I embarked the same forenoon, in his Majesty's ship Resolution, lying in a dreary part of the Medway, about two or three miles from Sheerness. I had just time to be introduced to the officers in the ward-room, when dinner came in. The third lieutenant happening to be caterer that week, of course stood up at the head of the table, and asked a blessing with so much seriousness...
Pagina 77 - So much so, that on one Lord's day, when I was to receive the sacrament, before I approached that sacred ordinance, my conscience so keenly accused me on account of this beloved idol, that I hardly knew what to do with myself. I tried to pacify it by a renewal of all my resolutions, with many additions and amendments. I parleyed and reasoned the matter over for hours, trying, if possible...
Pagina 6 - Besides this common mercy, of being born in a Christian land, God was pleased to bestow upon me another, which is not common to all his children ; that of being born of godly parents, and surrounded on all sides by truly pious relations. Infant reason no sooner dawned, than they began to use every possible means to give that reason a right bias towards its proper object ; and they daily approached a throne of grace with fervent prayer for their helpless child, before he knew how to pray for himself....
Pagina 153 - This of course drove me to my strong hold, and if ever I prayed with fervency in my life, it was now. I pleaded hard with the Searcher of hearts, that he knew my chief motive for desiring one of the Chatham ships was, that I might constantly attend the means of grace and the ordinances of his house ; and I felt confidence that if I really was a child of God, he would grant my request — since the " lot thus cast into the lap" was wholly at his disposal ! The important morning came, and 1 drew the...