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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... lives and deaths of eminent Christians , yet the pen of genius has seldom been attracted to the deline- ation of Christian character . It has chosen rather to celebrate the praises of human worth and hu- man glory . Hence Poets ...
... lives and deaths of eminent Christians , yet the pen of genius has seldom been attracted to the deline- ation of Christian character . It has chosen rather to celebrate the praises of human worth and hu- man glory . Hence Poets ...
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... live to wit- ness a great display of Almighty power and grace among that people . A few years after , the place was again visited with the special operations of the Spirit ; and the particular friends to whom he had before expressed his ...
... live to wit- ness a great display of Almighty power and grace among that people . A few years after , the place was again visited with the special operations of the Spirit ; and the particular friends to whom he had before expressed his ...
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... live to see greater things than these . And though no revival of religion appeared until after he was severely threatened with death by repeat- ed shocks of the palsy , yet he uniformly main- tained his prediction . A few weeks before ...
... live to see greater things than these . And though no revival of religion appeared until after he was severely threatened with death by repeat- ed shocks of the palsy , yet he uniformly main- tained his prediction . A few weeks before ...
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... live so as to dis- honour his holy religion . The burden of my distress was not a fear of misery , but of dishon- ouring the name of Christ . I resolved there- fore , in future , to forget those things which are behind , and to reach ...
... live so as to dis- honour his holy religion . The burden of my distress was not a fear of misery , but of dishon- ouring the name of Christ . I resolved there- fore , in future , to forget those things which are behind , and to reach ...
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... live contented without knowing and tasting the sweets of true religion ; that any should be content to feed upon husks , when there is such rich provision offered them in the gospel of Jesus . My exercises arose to a flame of zeal for ...
... live contented without knowing and tasting the sweets of true religion ; that any should be content to feed upon husks , when there is such rich provision offered them in the gospel of Jesus . My exercises arose to a flame of zeal for ...
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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.