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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... natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; for they are foolishness unto him : nei- ther can he know them , because they are spiritu- ally discerned . " But as it pleases God , in making " foolish the wisdom of this ...
... natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; for they are foolishness unto him : nei- ther can he know them , because they are spiritu- ally discerned . " But as it pleases God , in making " foolish the wisdom of this ...
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... nature , soon leave you , and aware of the difficulty of your peru- sing my lengthy journal , I have transcribed some parts of it , which I thought would be the most interesting and useful to you . This short extract will exhibit some ...
... nature , soon leave you , and aware of the difficulty of your peru- sing my lengthy journal , I have transcribed some parts of it , which I thought would be the most interesting and useful to you . This short extract will exhibit some ...
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... natural to childhood and youth , would gain the ascendancy in my heart- quench the emotions of the Spirit - stifle the dictates of conscience - and the world engage the greatest share of my thoughts and affec tions . Notwithstanding , I ...
... natural to childhood and youth , would gain the ascendancy in my heart- quench the emotions of the Spirit - stifle the dictates of conscience - and the world engage the greatest share of my thoughts and affec tions . Notwithstanding , I ...
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... nature : for it is my full belief , that I never lived seven months successively , after I came to years of understanding , with less anxiety of mind , rela- tive to the concerns of a future state , than in this sickness . Although ...
... nature : for it is my full belief , that I never lived seven months successively , after I came to years of understanding , with less anxiety of mind , rela- tive to the concerns of a future state , than in this sickness . Although ...
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... the most distant idea , that I had experienced any thing supernatural ; but considered ev- ery thing as the production merely of my natural feelings . C. petitions , I earnestly plead , that God would grant Journal .
... the most distant idea , that I had experienced any thing supernatural ; but considered ev- ery thing as the production merely of my natural feelings . C. petitions , I earnestly plead , that God would grant Journal .
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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.