Memoirs of the Rev. John H. Livingston ...: Prepared in Compliance with a Request of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North AmericaW. A. Mercein, printer, 1829 - 540 pages |
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... duties . But , as yet , he was an almost utter stranger to God and religion . He had walked according to the course of this world . He still lacked one thing , that one thing , without which all else is but vanity of transient utility ...
... duties . But , as yet , he was an almost utter stranger to God and religion . He had walked according to the course of this world . He still lacked one thing , that one thing , without which all else is but vanity of transient utility ...
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... duties as often as it comes , - it looks , to say the least , as if the Lord , in the dis- pensations of his mercy , is preparing the way for the good work . How far the way is thus prepared , or the precise connexion between the work ...
... duties as often as it comes , - it looks , to say the least , as if the Lord , in the dis- pensations of his mercy , is preparing the way for the good work . How far the way is thus prepared , or the precise connexion between the work ...
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... duties and office of the ministry of the Gospel especially , opened with such magnitude and high responsibility to my view , that I feared I was wholly unequal , and altogether unworthy of being employed in the sanctuary . I supposed it ...
... duties and office of the ministry of the Gospel especially , opened with such magnitude and high responsibility to my view , that I feared I was wholly unequal , and altogether unworthy of being employed in the sanctuary . I supposed it ...
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... duties in this academy ; or , March 20th , 1770. To account for the discrepance between the letter and the charter , as to the date of this instrument , it is presumed that only an institution of a secondary rate was at first ...
... duties in this academy ; or , March 20th , 1770. To account for the discrepance between the letter and the charter , as to the date of this instrument , it is presumed that only an institution of a secondary rate was at first ...
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... duties with great diligence and zeal . He assumed at once a full share of pulpit and parochial labours ; preaching regularly twice on the Sabbath , making visits among the people , and attending two , and sometimes three , catechetical ...
... duties with great diligence and zeal . He assumed at once a full share of pulpit and parochial labours ; preaching regularly twice on the Sabbath , making visits among the people , and attending two , and sometimes three , catechetical ...
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Page 26 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 376 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment is come : and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Page 217 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom ; but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness ; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Page 15 - PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man, that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Page 474 - So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 492 - Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Page 144 - ... minister, elders and deacons of the Reformed Protestant Dutch church of the city of New York...
Page 401 - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Page 440 - There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
Page 267 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us : 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.