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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... , 1625 , when about the age of twenty - two . The succeed- ing five years were spent partly in the diligent * Gillies's Hist . Col. page 277 , 278 . pursuit of his theological studies at home , in his ANCESTRY . 19 '
... , 1625 , when about the age of twenty - two . The succeed- ing five years were spent partly in the diligent * Gillies's Hist . Col. page 277 , 278 . pursuit of his theological studies at home , in his ANCESTRY . 19 '
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... studies at home , in his father's house , and partly , in visiting different places , preaching occasionally , and cultivating an acquaintance with some of the most eminent minis- ters and professors of the Church of Scotland . In the ...
... studies at home , in his father's house , and partly , in visiting different places , preaching occasionally , and cultivating an acquaintance with some of the most eminent minis- ters and professors of the Church of Scotland . In the ...
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... studies . With the assistance of such an instructer , and possessing a docile and inquisitive mind , his im- provement , the two following years , in classical literature , and in such other scholastic branches as , at the time , were ...
... studies . With the assistance of such an instructer , and possessing a docile and inquisitive mind , his im- provement , the two following years , in classical literature , and in such other scholastic branches as , at the time , were ...
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... studies , during the years 1755 and 1756. " The ensuing year , he was placed in a grammar school at New Milford , in Connecticut , under the direction of the Rev. Mr. N. Taylor ; and with this gentleman he continued about a year ...
... studies , during the years 1755 and 1756. " The ensuing year , he was placed in a grammar school at New Milford , in Connecticut , under the direction of the Rev. Mr. N. Taylor ; and with this gentleman he continued about a year ...
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... studies during the first half of his collegiate life ; -and in riper years , he ever very justly considered that half as having been spent to little purpose . As the Latin and Greek languages were not highly rated , and but slightly ...
... studies during the first half of his collegiate life ; -and in riper years , he ever very justly considered that half as having been spent to little purpose . As the Latin and Greek languages were not highly rated , and but slightly ...
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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.