...beautiful locks of cherabims ; no starched similitudes, introduced with a ' Thus have I seen a clond rolling in its airy mansion,' and the like. No; these...lower steps, and to tell the world in plain terms, ' that he who believed shonld be saved, and that he who believed not shonld be damned.' And this was...

...becoming ' unnatural ; nothing of the down of angel's wings, or the beauti' ful locks of chernbims: no starched similitudes introduced with * a " Thus...No — these were sublimities above the rise of the apos* tolic spirit. For the apostles, poor mortals, were content td * take lower steps, and to tell...

...nothing of ' nature 8 becoming unnatural ;' nothing of ' the down of angels' wings ; ' or ' the beautiful locks of cherubim ;' no starched similitudes introduced...its airy mansion, ' and the like. No ; these were similitudes above the rise of apostolic spirit ; for the apostles, poor mortals, were content to take...

...nature's becoming unnatural ; nothing of the down of angel's wings, or the beautiful locks of cherubims ; no starched similitudes, introduced with a " thus have I seen .a cloud rolling in the airy mansion," and the like. Such things are not fit for the pulpit ; they seem profane in so sacred...