 ... a preacher in earnest ; weeping sometimes for his auditory, sometimes with them ; always preaching to himself, like an angel from a cloud, but in none ; carrying some, as St. Paul was, to heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others by a sacred art...  Christian Examiner and Theological Review - Page 301825Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...a preacher, old Iznnk Wulton says of him, u he is, in earnest, weeping sometimes for his audience, sometimes with them ; always preaching to himself,...here picturing a vice so as to make it ugly to those that practised it ; and a virtue so as to make it beloved by those that loved it not ; and all this... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1865 - 404 pages
...that he laboured to distil into others : a preacher in earnest ; weeping sometimes for his auditory, sometimes with them ; always preaching to himself,...enticing others by a sacred art and courtship to amend theii lives : here picturing a Vice so as to make it ugly to those that practised it ; and a Virtue... | |
 | London metrop. tabernacle - 1870 - 596 pages
...The poet Dr. Donne, too, was a masterly and winsome orator, " carrying," it used to be said, " some to heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others by a sacred art and persuasiveness to amend their lives." His sermons are i'ull of genius, aud alas ! (saith one poor Suxon)... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1865 - 182 pages
...that he lahoured to distil into others : a preacher in earnest ; weeping sometimes for his auditory, sometimes with them; always preaching to himself, like an angel from a cloud, hut in none ; carrying some, as St. Paul was, to heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others hy a... | |
 | 1866 - 566 pages
...preacher's presence — pale, ascetic, rapt; " weeping sometimes for his auditory," says Isaac Walton, " sometimes with them ; always preaching to himself, like an angel from a cloud, but in none." One of his admirers said of him, with a touch of the fashionable hyperbole of the day — "Corrupted... | |
 | 1869 - 398 pages
...preaching from heaven, like an angel from a cloud, but not in one ; carrying some, as St. Paul did, to heaven in holy raptures ; and enticing others,...by a sacred art and courtship, to amend their lives ; and »11 this, with a most particular DR. DONNE. grace, and an inexpressible addition of comeliness."... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 pages
...a preacher, old Izaak Walton »ays of him, " he is, in earnest, weeping sometimes for his audience, sometimes with them; always preaching to himself,...and enticing others by a sacred art and courtship ю amend their lives ; here picturing a vice so as to make it ugly to those that practised it ; and... | |
 | 1872 - 612 pages
...always preaching like an angel from a cloud, but in none ; carrying some to heaven, as St. Paul was, in holy raptures ; and enticing others by a sacred art and courtship to amend their lives and all this with a most particular grace and an inexpressible addition of comeliness." He died of... | |
 | Frederick Arnold - 1873 - 418 pages
...mind had been powerfully affected under his friend's preaching, "weeping sometimes for his audience, sometimes with them ; always preaching to himself like an angel from a cloud, but on none ; carrying some as St. Paul was to heaven, in holy rapture, and enticing others by a sacred... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...Walton describes his friend the dean as 'a preacher in earnest ; weeping sometimes for his auditory, - He died in 1631, and was honourably interred in Old St Paul's. The works of Donne consist of satires,... | |
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