Memoirs of Doctor Seth Coleman, A.M., of Amherst, (Mass.): Containing I. A Biographical Sketch of His Life and Character; II. Extracts from His Journal, Taken by Himself; III. His Letters Upon Religious Subjects; IV. His Farewell Address to His Children; V. Sermon Delivered at His Funeral, by the Rev. Nathan PerkinsFlagg & Gray, 1817 - 288 pages |
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... Holy Spirit were very powerful upon his mind at several times : and having been educated in the belief that the sacrament of the Lord's Supper is a converting ordinance , and that all who are seriously disposed ought to join the church ...
... Holy Spirit were very powerful upon his mind at several times : and having been educated in the belief that the sacrament of the Lord's Supper is a converting ordinance , and that all who are seriously disposed ought to join the church ...
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... holy living , and a striking manifestation of Christian com- posure , resignation and triumph in death , was taken from him at the age of 43 ; having been the mother of eight children ; five of whom survived her , and are yet living ...
... holy living , and a striking manifestation of Christian com- posure , resignation and triumph in death , was taken from him at the age of 43 ; having been the mother of eight children ; five of whom survived her , and are yet living ...
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... holy love , which divine grace had implanted in his heart , and which evidently actuated him in all the concerns and relations of life , and produced that uniformity of character which constitutes the beauty of holiness . His religion ...
... holy love , which divine grace had implanted in his heart , and which evidently actuated him in all the concerns and relations of life , and produced that uniformity of character which constitutes the beauty of holiness . His religion ...
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... Holy Spirit , in an awakening in Amherst in 1803 , for the promotion of which he had been very earnest , he expressed a confident belief to some of his friends , that he should live to wit- ness a great display of Almighty power and ...
... Holy Spirit , in an awakening in Amherst in 1803 , for the promotion of which he had been very earnest , he expressed a confident belief to some of his friends , that he should live to wit- ness a great display of Almighty power and ...
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... Holy Spirit , I was often ( even when but a lad , ) brought to reflect seriously upon my ex- posedness to eternal misery , without an inte- rest in the merits of a Saviour . Such impres- sions uniformly brought me upon my knees before ...
... Holy Spirit , I was often ( even when but a lad , ) brought to reflect seriously upon my ex- posedness to eternal misery , without an inte- rest in the merits of a Saviour . Such impres- sions uniformly brought me upon my knees before ...
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Page 136 - Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Page 82 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 67 - Bless the LORD, ye his angels, That excel in strength, that do his commandments, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Page 153 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Page 63 - Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Page 189 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 84 - How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth.
Page 71 - God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Page 162 - ... his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts.