wifdom

He had a great readinefs in quoting and applying texts of fcripture, and had read much of cafuiftic, fyftematic, and polemical divinity; but he chofe to give every fentinient a pradical turn, and to diffufe that wifdom, which is profitable to direft.

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

But when the counfels and ap - pointments of the bleiTed God, when the works of his wifdom, which is vail and deep, beyond our ken and fathom, are thus taken to taik by filly mortals, and derided becaufe they do not underftand the purpofe and intent of them, what flagrant impiety is this? what impudence added to their ralhncls? and how much does it deferve the divine indignation?

THOUGHTS IN PROSE AND VERSE ON NATURAL, MORAL, AND DIVINE SUBJECTS 1789

Nay, what will they think of a people who would fubmit to fee daily iacrifices to the fpirit of obftinacy, which a few men on the other fide of the globe called wifdom?

Notes on the two reports from the Committee of the Honourable House of Assembly of Jamaica : appointed to examine into, and to report to the House, the allegations and charges contained in the several petitions which have been presented to the British House of Commons, on the subject of the slave trade and the treatment of the Negroes, &c. &c. &c. 1789

The frequent mention he made of me muft have tired any one - elfe; but my vanity was wonderfully delighted with it, though J was confeious, that not 4 tenth part of the wifdom was my own, which he afcribed to me, but rather the gleanings that I had made of the fenfe of all ages and nations.

The Monthly Review 1780

Compare the wifdom which is earthly, with that which Cometh from above.

Sermons on practical subjects Worthington, Hugh 1796

And now, after war has been declared the whole affair feems fo extraordinary and fo ir - reconcilable to any previous fuggeftion of wifdom and duty, that I know not what to make of it or how to believe it.

Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812

* 'It behove? the wifdom of government to attend to every counfel which h offered.

Libellus: or, A Bried Sketch of the Kingdom of Gotham W. Charles 1798

And, from analogy we may infer, that all thefe innumerable fyftems are with equal wifdom contrived for the accommodation of rational inhabitants; perhaps of ftill higher orders of intelligent beings, all capable, in the difFereat fcales of exiftence, of a perpetual progreffion in knowledge and virtue, in perfedionand felicity,. .»

The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland 1797

When an extraordinary perfon appears in thie world, and adds to its lights by fupcrior maxiin? of policy and wifdom, he cannot afterwards dc -

A View of the Causes and Consequences of the Present War with France 1797

When an extraordinary perfon appears in the world, and adds to its light* by fuperior foaiiip* of policy and wifdom, he cannot afterwards dc* ftroy their benefits by any contradictions* real or apparent, in his reafonings or in his cooduft*

A View of the Causes and Consequences of the Present War with France Thomas Erskine Erskine 1797