The Sublime.
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to the Dignity and Majesty of the Things we presume to treat of: Nothing little, mean, or low, no childish Thoughts, or boyish Expressions will be endured: All must be awful and grave, and great, and solemn. The noblest Sentiments must be conveyed in the weightiest Words: All Ornaments and Illustrations must be borrowed from the richest Parts of universal Nature; and in Divine Subjects, especially when we attempt to speak of God, of His Wisdom, Goodness and Power, of His Mercy and Justice, of His Dispensations and Providence, by all which He is pleased to manifest Him-
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