The History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign Dependencies of the British Empire, Volume 1F. & J. Rivington, 1845 - 482 pages |
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Page xv
... desire only to employ their brotherly help in subordination to the legitimate objects which I have proposed to myself in the prosecution of this work . The nature of these objects , and the spirit in which I desire to attain them , will ...
... desire only to employ their brotherly help in subordination to the legitimate objects which I have proposed to myself in the prosecution of this work . The nature of these objects , and the spirit in which I desire to attain them , will ...
Page xvi
... desire to learn and to communicate this needful lesson , which 11 Advancement of Learning , 12 At the end of the sixth Works , ii . 100 . chapter . alone has animated me to enter upon the present enquiry xvi PREFACE .
... desire to learn and to communicate this needful lesson , which 11 Advancement of Learning , 12 At the end of the sixth Works , ii . 100 . chapter . alone has animated me to enter upon the present enquiry xvi PREFACE .
Page xxi
... desire to promote God's honour , to release the heathen from their ignorance , and to assist the indus- trious and ... desires to prove the lawfulness and advantage of planting settle- ments in foreign lands - His general argument ...
... desire to promote God's honour , to release the heathen from their ignorance , and to assist the indus- trious and ... desires to prove the lawfulness and advantage of planting settle- ments in foreign lands - His general argument ...
Page xxii
... desire evinced by them to teach the natives the knowledge of the true God , and of His Son Jesus Christ - Remarkably illustrated by the report of the philoso- pher Hariot - The discovery of Tobacco noticed in his report- Circumstances ...
... desire evinced by them to teach the natives the knowledge of the true God , and of His Son Jesus Christ - Remarkably illustrated by the report of the philoso- pher Hariot - The discovery of Tobacco noticed in his report- Circumstances ...
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... desire to reach Asia , the actuating cause of the discoveries , made by Euro- peans , during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries - The first Eng- lish merchants reach India overland , in 1583 - They return in 1591 -And authority is ...
... desire to reach Asia , the actuating cause of the discoveries , made by Euro- peans , during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries - The first Eng- lish merchants reach India overland , in 1583 - They return in 1591 -And authority is ...
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Page 344 - But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you : and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth.
Page 205 - WE, greatly commending, and graciously accepting of, their Desires for the Furtherance of so noble a Work, which may, by the Providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the Glory of his Divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of the true Knowledge and Worship of God...
Page 247 - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Page 450 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 181 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 478 - Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster the...
Page 450 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 365 - Then shall Religion to America flee. They have their times of Gospel, ev'n as we. My God, Thou dost prepare for them a way, By carrying first their gold from them away : For gold and grace did never yet agree ; Religion always sides with poverty.
Page 481 - Assembly to enter upon proper Methods for the erecting and maintaining of Schools, in Order to the training up of Youth to Reading and to a necessary Knowledge of the...
Page 476 - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.