History of Dissenters, from the Revolution in 1688, to the Year 1808, Volume 4 |
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... considered himself to be called into existence . While but a youth , he laid aside a part of his earnings for pious and benevolent purposes ; and as his property increased , his charity increased still more . That he might be the more ...
... considered himself to be called into existence . While but a youth , he laid aside a part of his earnings for pious and benevolent purposes ; and as his property increased , his charity increased still more . That he might be the more ...
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... considered a proof of a dissolute age ; nor is it enough to wipe away the odium from the period of which we write , to say , that the Minor was discountenanced ; for the very attempt was in- vited by the profaneness of the public ...
... considered a proof of a dissolute age ; nor is it enough to wipe away the odium from the period of which we write , to say , that the Minor was discountenanced ; for the very attempt was in- vited by the profaneness of the public ...
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... considered as exhibiting a specimen of what was commonly practised at that time . He expounded the Scriptures , and preached twice on the Lord's - day . Every Wednesday there was a lecture , and after the service he spent some time in ...
... considered as exhibiting a specimen of what was commonly practised at that time . He expounded the Scriptures , and preached twice on the Lord's - day . Every Wednesday there was a lecture , and after the service he spent some time in ...
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... considered themselves entitled to worship God ac- cording to the dictates of conscience , and asked leave of no man . Perhaps the Irish presbyterians would have acted more wisely if they had trodden in the same steps . Public opinion ...
... considered themselves entitled to worship God ac- cording to the dictates of conscience , and asked leave of no man . Perhaps the Irish presbyterians would have acted more wisely if they had trodden in the same steps . Public opinion ...
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... considered themselves as members of the same body . Who will wonder that with such feelings the dissenters were stedfastly opposed to the American war ; and that the sufferings of their brethren and friends , which were in many ...
... considered themselves as members of the same body . Who will wonder that with such feelings the dissenters were stedfastly opposed to the American war ; and that the sufferings of their brethren and friends , which were in many ...
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Page 319 - Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty...
Page 227 - The beast that thou sawest, was, and is not ; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition : and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, (whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world,) when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Page 284 - He also quoted some evidence in support of the view that the disease occurred at the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century in Germany and more definite evidence that it occurred in Upper Italy and Hungary in 1890.
Page 162 - I AB do solemnly declare, in the Presence of Almighty God, that I am a Christian and a Protestant, and as such, that I believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, as commonly received among Protestant Churches, do contain the revealed Will of God; and that I do receive the same as the Rule of my Doctrine and Practice.
Page 47 - Enquiry into the Constitution, Discipline, Unity, and Worship of the Primitive Church that flourished within the first 300 years after Christ : faithfully collected out of the extant writings of those ages.
Page 130 - Who is that mysterious Word, that was " in the beginning, with God ? " Who is the " Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, the first and the last...
Page 451 - Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Page 316 - So great is the change which these sentiments have produced, that perhaps there are not now in England twelve of their congregations which can boast an attendance of five hundred people ; whereas, before the introduction of Arianism, they could in more than two hundred places count five hundred hearers, and in several more than double the number.
Page 280 - I determined to know nothing among you, but Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Page 419 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be bom again, he cannot see the kingdom of God, Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old?