Secret Journal of a Self-observer: Or, Confessions and Familiar Letters of the Rev. J.C. Lavater, ... In Two Volumes. Translated from the German Original, by the Rev. Peter Will, ...T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell), 1795 - Christian life |
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Page 2 - So teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wisdom...
Page 139 - And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord ? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Page 164 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
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| Title | Secret Journal of a Self-observer: Or, Confessions and Familiar Letters of the Rev. J.C. Lavater, ... In Two Volumes. Translated from the German Original, by the Rev. Peter Will, ... Eighteenth century Volume 1 of Secret Journal of a Self-observer: Or, Confessions and Familiar Letters of the Rev. J.C. Lavater, ... In Two Volumes. Translated from the German Original, by the Rev. Peter Will, Johann Caspar Lavater |
| Author | Johann Caspar Lavater |
| Translated by | Peter Will |
| Publisher | T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell), 1795 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2006 |
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