 I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he...  Poems of William Cowper, Esq: With a New Memoir - Side 75av William Cowper - 1869 - 288 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 sider
...every clergyman : " Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed." — 2 COE. vi. 3. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine...decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he fed Might... | |
 | Charles Le Roy Goodell - 1883 - 90 sider
...spoke of weighty soul concerns, you might find his very spirit drenched therein." " Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious...mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it, too." And evidently the heart out of which these writings came is full ; full of the joy of the Lord, and... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1884 - 410 sider
...a preacher, such as Paul Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, raul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from...decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture; much impress 'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | Henry Seddall - 1884 - 440 sider
...such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. . . . I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine...decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impreas'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | Joseph Parker - 1884 - 378 sider
...and could hear, approve, and own— Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple,...uncorrupt ; in language, plain ; And plain in manner ; decorous, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful... | |
 | John Bartholomew Gough - 1884 - 560 sider
...have sat for the portrait of Cowper's model preacher. "Simple, grave, sincere. In doctrine uncomipt; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge; And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | William Reid - 1884 - 232 sider
...and language, such a stamp of good sense and sterling honesty as to recall vividly Cowper's lines : ' In language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | William Cowper - 1885 - 352 sider
...Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would traco His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would...in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gestur* ; much impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock... | |
 | Charles Coppens - 1885 - 318 sider
...honest in the sacred cause. . . .• I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine incorrupt, in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | 1885 - 568 sider
...contrasts these performers with the good preacher, who is "Simple, grave, sincere : In doctrine uncomipt ; In language plain. And plain in manner : decent, solemn, chaste. And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself as conscious of his awful charge. And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
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