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" It had been as unnatural for a right New England man to live without an able ministry, as for a smith to work his iron without a fire. "
History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its ... - Page 201
by Charles Brooks - 1855 - 576 pages
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A Compendious History of New England: Designed for Schools and Private Families

Jedidiah Morse, Elijah Parish - 1804 - 398 pages
...number to support a minister, they considered themselves as " surely seated, and not before, it being as unnatural for a right New England man to live without an able ministry, as for a blacksmith to work his iron without a fire. " This people, therefore, like others, laid their " foundation...
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American Annals: Or, a Chronological History of America, from Its ..., Volume 1

Abiel Holmes - 1805 - 516 pages
...number competent to maintain a minister, " they then surely seated themselves, and not before ; it being as unnatural for a right New England man to live without an able ;ninisu-y, ai for a smith to w»rk his iron without fire." Ibid. 1642. About twelve hundred and thirty...
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American Annals: Or, A Chronological History of America, from Its ..., Volume 1

Abiel Holmes - 1813 - 432 pages
...number competent to maintain a minister, "they then surely seated themselves, and not before; it being as unnatural for a right New England man to live without...ministry, as for a smith to work his iron without fire." Ibid. 7 Wonderwork. Prov. 172. 8 Univ. Hist, xxxix. 289. churches, churches, and a greater number of...
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The History of Dedham: From the Beginning of Its Settlement, in September ...

Erastus Worthington - 1827 - 606 pages
...their desolate condition, it being " as unnatural," says the suthor of the WonderWorking Providence, " for a right New England man to live without an able...ministry, as for a smith to work his iron without fire." But light was soon to break out of darkness. On the 23d May, 1692, we find, that Mr. Joseph Belcher...
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The Annals of America: From the Discovery by Columbus in the Year ..., Volume 1

Abiel Holmes - 1829 - 614 pages
...competent to maintain a minister, •' they then surely seated themselves, and not before ; it being as unnatural for a right New England man to live without...ministry, as for a smith to work his iron without fire." b. 2. C.J22. Mr. Carter came from England to this country in 1636, being then a student in divinity....
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Quarterly Register and Journal of the American Education Society, Volumes 3-4

1831 - 716 pages
...support a minister, the inhabitants considered themselves '•as surely seated, and not before, it being as unnatural for a right New England man to live without an able ministry, as for a blacksmith to work his iron without a fire." This people, therefore, like others, laid their "foundation...
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The Quarterly Register, Volume 4

1832 - 372 pages
...support a minister, the inhabitants considered themselves "as surely seated, and not before, it being as unnatural for a right New England man to live without an able ministry, as for a blacksmith to work his iron without a fire." This people, therefore, like others, laid their "foundation...
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A History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American ..., Volume 1

George Bancroft - 1834 - 532 pages
...who gave fervor to the enthusiasm of patriotism. " It had been as unnatural for a right New-England man to live without an able ministry, as for a smith to work his iron without a fire." The union between the elders and the state could not, therefore, but become more intimate...
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A History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American ..., Volume 1

George Bancroft - 1834 - 530 pages
...who gave fervor to the enthusiasm of patriotism. " It had been as unnatural for a right New-England man to live without an able ministry, as for a smith to work his iron without a fire." The union between the elders and the state could not, therefore, but become more intimate...
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Three Discourses Preached Before the Congregational Society in Watertown ...

Convers Francis - 1836 - 92 pages
...lowliness of their condition, to have a learned, gifted, and faithful ministry. It was, observes Johnson, " as unnatural for a right New England man to live without...ministry, as for a smith to work his iron without a fire."— Wonder-Working Providence, Book II. Ch. 22. t MAGNALIA. Book III. Ch. 4. 2. .•. ;••...
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