...us that he comprehends infinite duration in every moment: that eternity is with him a punctum slims, a fixed point; or, which is as good sense, an infinite...ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes in his description of heaven: ' Fourthly, That this eternal Being must therefore be the great Author of nature, " the Ancient of...

...that he comprehends infinite duration in every moment : that eternity is with him a punctum stans, a fixed point; or, which is as good sense, an infinite...eternal now does always last." ' For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed to them : and think men had better...

...telling us that he comprehends infinite duration in every moment ; that eternity is with him a punctum stuns, a fixed point ; or, which is as good sense,...existence is either past or to come : to which the ingenuous Mr. Cowley alludes in his description of heaven : — Nothing is there to come, and nothing...

...Gospel, had asserted the pre-existcuce of Christ ; and our Lord in this passage declares the same truth. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now, does always last. And Dr. WattsGod fills his own eternal Now, And sees oar ages waste. And Archbishop King has well described...

...us, that he comprehends infinite duration in every moment ; that eternity is with him apunctum stems, a fixed point; or, which is as good sense, an infinite...existence is either past or to come : to which the ingenioiis Mr. Cowley alludes, in his description of heaven ; Nothing is there to come, and nothing...

...schoolmen rightly represent the eternity of God ai a punctum sums: or, as Cowley expresses the idea, in his description of heaven— Nothing is there to...nothing past, But an eternal Now, does always last. And Dr. WattsGod fills hia own eternal Now, And sees our ages waste. And Archbishop King has well described...

...Now it is a maxim of Nature, that one do to others, according as he would himself be done to. White. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now docs ever last. Cowley. How frail our passions ! They that but now for honour and for plate, Made the...

...shortness in every of these, although we never had conceit of motion. But to define, without motion, * [" Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last. There sits the Almighty, First of all, and End, Whom nothing but himself can comprehend ; Who with...

...me tread The beaten path and broad, that leads right on * The same expression is used by Cowley : " Nothing is there to come, and nothing past. But an eternal Now does always last." t Milton's father was well skilled in music. To opulence, nor did'st condemn thy son To the insipid...

...good luck to have numbers on their side. Addison (No. 590) quotes the following distich from Cowley : Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last. This is the germ of Crabbe's and Campbells celebrated thought. Hurd depraves, as much as he can, Addison's...