The Experience and Gospel Labours of the Rev. Benjamin Abbott: To which is Annexed, a Narrative of His Life and Death |
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... it came to my turn to be thrown in , one de- vil took me by the head and another by the feet , and with the surprise . I awoke and found it a dream . But oh ! what horror seized my guilty breast ! I thought I should die and be damned 7.
... it came to my turn to be thrown in , one de- vil took me by the head and another by the feet , and with the surprise . I awoke and found it a dream . But oh ! what horror seized my guilty breast ! I thought I should die and be damned 7.
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... thought I should die and be damned . This brought seriousness to my mind for about eight or ten days , in which I made many promises to mend my life , but they soon wore off again . About five or six weeks after this , I dreamed that I ...
... thought I should die and be damned . This brought seriousness to my mind for about eight or ten days , in which I made many promises to mend my life , but they soon wore off again . About five or six weeks after this , I dreamed that I ...
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... thought I heard a voice saying , ( alluding to the anxiety and dis- tress of soul that I then felt ) " This torment is nothing to hell . " I immediately changed my mind and drove home under the greatest anxiety imaginable , for it ...
... thought I heard a voice saying , ( alluding to the anxiety and dis- tress of soul that I then felt ) " This torment is nothing to hell . " I immediately changed my mind and drove home under the greatest anxiety imaginable , for it ...
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... thought to speak , to the preacher , but such a croud got round him , disputing points of doctrine , that I could not conveniently get an opportunity . That even- ing I set up family prayer , it being the first time I ever had attempted ...
... thought to speak , to the preacher , but such a croud got round him , disputing points of doctrine , that I could not conveniently get an opportunity . That even- ing I set up family prayer , it being the first time I ever had attempted ...
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... thought , was my own spirit or mind , fettered with the cords of unbelief , or the chains of the devil . The colour , represen- ted the carnal mind or nature of satan , which was stamped upon me , and thus I was plunged into the river ...
... thought , was my own spirit or mind , fettered with the cords of unbelief , or the chains of the devil . The colour , represen- ted the carnal mind or nature of satan , which was stamped upon me , and thus I was plunged into the river ...
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Page 197 - Sing unto the Lord ; for he hath done excellent things : this is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion ; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Page 203 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Page 203 - Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it they fell on their faces and they said, "The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.
Page 69 - Christ in you, the hope of glory ; whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus ; whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Page 58 - Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Page 232 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 47 - Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 237 - Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall bo with you.
Page 216 - Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein; for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Page 69 - To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles ; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory...