Sketches of Piety: In the Life and Religious Experiences of Jane PearsonPub. and sold by Wm. Alexander, 1817 - 100 pages |
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... truth against iniquity . She did indeed pity the individual , but she sounded the alarm in the ear of the transgressor ; yet to those who were awakened to a sense of their sins , she joyfully announced the terms of reconciliation ...
... truth against iniquity . She did indeed pity the individual , but she sounded the alarm in the ear of the transgressor ; yet to those who were awakened to a sense of their sins , she joyfully announced the terms of reconciliation ...
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... truth of that declaration " When the Lord's judgments are in the earth , the inhabitants learn righteousness ; " for truly I did experience inward purity of heart and cleanness of hands ; and in the Lord's own time he gave access to his ...
... truth of that declaration " When the Lord's judgments are in the earth , the inhabitants learn righteousness ; " for truly I did experience inward purity of heart and cleanness of hands ; and in the Lord's own time he gave access to his ...
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... truth at the pre sent day ? My being thus cautiously led in the begin- ning , has been helpful to me through the re- maining part of my life , as to the ministry ; in watching against false views and represen-- tations , or taking the ...
... truth at the pre sent day ? My being thus cautiously led in the begin- ning , has been helpful to me through the re- maining part of my life , as to the ministry ; in watching against false views and represen-- tations , or taking the ...
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... truth of ; neither was I easy with- out doing it . He departed without any strug- gle , as one falling into the sweetest of slum- bers , and was decently buried in Friends ' burying - ground at Greysouthen , aged 49 years . JANE PEARSON ...
... truth of ; neither was I easy with- out doing it . He departed without any strug- gle , as one falling into the sweetest of slum- bers , and was decently buried in Friends ' burying - ground at Greysouthen , aged 49 years . JANE PEARSON ...
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... truth . I gave up , and my friends favoured me with a certificate . I set off on my journey with my much honoured friend Hannah Harris : I accompanied her through Lancashire , and then my dear friend Barbara Drewry met me at Settle . We ...
... truth . I gave up , and my friends favoured me with a certificate . I set off on my journey with my much honoured friend Hannah Harris : I accompanied her through Lancashire , and then my dear friend Barbara Drewry met me at Settle . We ...
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Page 30 - And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children ? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him : for we will not sit down till he come hither.
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Page 81 - In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
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Page 21 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 81 - With twain they covered their heads, and with twain they covered their feet, and with twain they did fly.
Page 77 - I ventured to look towards his holy habitation for help, and he graciously vouchsafed to heal with these words; " no weapon formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that riseth in judgment against the precious seed, the Lord will condemn.
Page 20 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever! For I know that my redeemer liveth, And that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth : And though after my skin worms destroy this body, Yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, And mine eyes shall behold, and not another; Though my reins be consumed within me.
Page 25 - I. The Psalmist's former experience of God's help; I waited patiently for Jehovah, t and He inclined unto me and heard my calling ; He brought me out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay, 2 and set my feet upon the rock and established my going; Ver.
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