The Lives of the Puritans: Containing a Biographical Account of Those Divines who Distinguished Themselves in the Cause of Religious Liberty, from the Reformation Under Queen Elizabeth, to the Act of Uniformity in 1662, Volume 3J. Black, 1813 - 18 pages |
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... holy deport- ment , he was nearly as useful as when he enjoyed his public ministry . He was particularly desirous of a more pure reformation of the church , and therefore united with his brethren in subscribing the " Book of Discipline ...
... holy deport- ment , he was nearly as useful as when he enjoyed his public ministry . He was particularly desirous of a more pure reformation of the church , and therefore united with his brethren in subscribing the " Book of Discipline ...
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... holy resignation to the will of God . He used to say , " Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions . " In the sixty - third year of his age , he laboured under extreme bodily affliction , and was brought to the very brink of the ...
... holy resignation to the will of God . He used to say , " Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions . " In the sixty - third year of his age , he laboured under extreme bodily affliction , and was brought to the very brink of the ...
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... holy word for direction . He used to ask them whether they could suffer in that cause alone , if all others were dead . Though he was a strict nonconformist , and bore his share of sufferings in the cause , he was of a most liberal ...
... holy word for direction . He used to ask them whether they could suffer in that cause alone , if all others were dead . Though he was a strict nonconformist , and bore his share of sufferings in the cause , he was of a most liberal ...
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... Holy Courage in Evil Times , 1661. - 19 . True Blessedness consists in Pardon of Sin , 1668. - 20 . Four useful Discourses , 1675 . FRANCIS CORNWELL , A. M. - This person was educated at Emanuel college , Cambridge , and afterwards ...
... Holy Courage in Evil Times , 1661. - 19 . True Blessedness consists in Pardon of Sin , 1668. - 20 . Four useful Discourses , 1675 . FRANCIS CORNWELL , A. M. - This person was educated at Emanuel college , Cambridge , and afterwards ...
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... Holy Ghost of the third kingdom . " This author charges Mr. Durance with having prayed publicly in the church at Sandwich , " that the king might be brought up in chains to the parliament . " He also observes , that , after his ...
... Holy Ghost of the third kingdom . " This author charges Mr. Durance with having prayed publicly in the church at Sandwich , " that the king might be brought up in chains to the parliament . " He also observes , that , after his ...
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Page 43 - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to change...
Page 192 - Blessed are the Dead which die in the Lord ; for they rest from their Labours, and their Works do follow them.
Page 49 - I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Page 408 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Page 376 - But I have greater witness than that of John ; for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
Page 129 - I call thee so, because GOD hath put heaven into thee before he hath taken thee to heaven. Thou now beholdest GOD, CHRIST, and glory, as in a glass; but to-morrow heaven's gates will be opened, and thou shalt be in the full enjoyment of all those glories which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither can the heart of man understand. GOD hath now swallowed up thy heart in the thoughts of...
Page 433 - ... into one congregation or church, under the Lord Jesus Christ, our head, in such sort as becometh all those whom he hath redeemed, and sanctified to himself, do hereby solemnly and religiously, as in his most holy presence, promise and bind ourselves to walk in all our ways according to the rule of the Gospel, and in all sincere conformity to his holy ordinances, and in mutual love and respect to each other, so near as God shall give us grace.
Page 491 - Alas, I have lost every thing ; my understanding leaves me, my memory fails me, my utterance fails me ; but I thank God my charity holds out still ; I find that rather grows than fails.
Page 134 - I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them, also, that love His appearing.
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