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 xvi
... true estimate of the services per- formed , the errors committed , and the perils passed through , by the men of a former generation , we may be the better prepared to endure the trials , and discharge the duties , and surmount the ...
... true estimate of the services per- formed , the errors committed , and the perils passed through , by the men of a former generation , we may be the better prepared to endure the trials , and discharge the duties , and surmount the ...
Page xxi
... true motives declared by him to be a desire to promote God's honour , to release the heathen from their ignorance , and to assist the indus- trious and relieve the distressed among our countrymen at home— The duty resulting from such ...
... true motives declared by him to be a desire to promote God's honour , to release the heathen from their ignorance , and to assist the indus- trious and relieve the distressed among our countrymen at home— The duty resulting from such ...
Page xxii
... 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 which disposed the natives to receive the Christian faith - 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 which disposed the natives to receive the Christian faith - The ...
Page xxv
... true preachers ' for the due celebration of Divine Worship Order and industrious habits restored in the Colony- Somers returns to the Bermudas , and dies there - Gates sent to England to report progress - Lotteries - Lord De la Warr com ...
... true preachers ' for the due celebration of Divine Worship Order and industrious habits restored in the Colony- Somers returns to the Bermudas , and dies there - Gates sent to England to report progress - Lotteries - Lord De la Warr com ...
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... true , to accomplish countries in its ulterior and avowed object , namely , that of Edward the reaching the Asiatic Continent by the North - East with foreign the reign of Sixth . passage ; and the leader of the expedition , and most of ...
... true , to accomplish countries in its ulterior and avowed object , namely , that of Edward the reaching the Asiatic Continent by the North - East with foreign the reign of Sixth . passage ; and the leader of the expedition , and most of ...
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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.