The Religious Element in the Settlement at Jamestown in 1607: Historical Address Delivered Before the Sixth Annual Council of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, June 10th, 1898, Volume 68Franklin Press Company, 1898 - 36 pages |
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... give them to Pochahuntas , the king's daughter , in regard to her father's kindness in send- ing her ( p 39 ) . The relig ous spirit of the man , and the religious habits of the colony , clearly appear throughout the whole narration ...
... give them to Pochahuntas , the king's daughter , in regard to her father's kindness in send- ing her ( p 39 ) . The relig ous spirit of the man , and the religious habits of the colony , clearly appear throughout the whole narration ...
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... give the hoped harvest of our endeavors . " " And thou noble Lord , who God has stirred up to neglect the pleasure of England , and with Abraham , to go from thy country , and forsake thy kindred , and thy father's house , and to goe to ...
... give the hoped harvest of our endeavors . " " And thou noble Lord , who God has stirred up to neglect the pleasure of England , and with Abraham , to go from thy country , and forsake thy kindred , and thy father's house , and to goe to ...
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... gives the letter of Rolfe to Sir Thomas Dale on his proposed marriage to Pochahontas ; Dale's letter to a minister in London , and Whitaker's letter to his cousin , M. G. , minister of the B. F. in London . All of these are full of the ...
... gives the letter of Rolfe to Sir Thomas Dale on his proposed marriage to Pochahontas ; Dale's letter to a minister in London , and Whitaker's letter to his cousin , M. G. , minister of the B. F. in London . All of these are full of the ...
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... give all assistance and furtherance you may , and therein to make experience of the zeal and devotion of our well minded subjects , especially those of ye Clergie . Where- fore wee doe require you , and hereby authorize you to write ...
... give all assistance and furtherance you may , and therein to make experience of the zeal and devotion of our well minded subjects , especially those of ye Clergie . Where- fore wee doe require you , and hereby authorize you to write ...
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... give order to the Ministers , and other zealous men of their Dioceses , both by their owne example in contribution , and by exhortation to others , to move our people within their several charges , to contribute to so good a Worke in as ...
... give order to the Ministers , and other zealous men of their Dioceses , both by their owne example in contribution , and by exhortation to others , to move our people within their several charges , to contribute to so good a Worke in as ...
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Page 6 - Which words of the Prophet together with my cousins discourse (things of high and rare delight to my young nature) tooke in me so deepe an impression, that I constantly resolved, if ever I were preferred to the University, where better time, and more convenient place might be ministred for these studies, I would by God's assistance prosecute that knowledge and kinde of literature, the doores whereof (after a sort) were so happily opened before me.
Page 7 - We greatly commending, and graciously accepting of, their desires for the furtherance of so noble a work, which may, by the providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the glory of his divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian religion to such people, as yet live in darkness and miserable ignorance of the true knowledge and worship of God, and may in time bring the infidels and savages, living in those parts, to human civility, and to a settled and quiet government...
Page 8 - Downes) and notwithstanding the stormy weather, nor the scandalous imputations (of some few, little better then Atheists, of the greatest ranke amongst us) suggested against him, all this could never force from him so much as a seeming desire to leave the...
Page 9 - Yet we had daily Common Prayer morning and evening, every Sunday two sermons, and every three months the holy Communion, till our minister [Mr.
Page 33 - ... so as to be fitted for the Colledge intended for them ; that from thence they may be sente to that worke of conversion.
Page 6 - Mappe: he seeing me somewhat curious in the view thereof, began to instruct my ignorance, by shewing me the division of the earth into three parts after the olde account...
Page 6 - From the Mappe he brought me to the Bible, and turning to the 107 Psalme, directed mee to the 23 & 24 verses, where I read, that they which go downe to the sea in ships, and occupy by the great waters, they see the works of the Lord, and his woonders in the deepe, &c.
Page 15 - And thou most noble Lord, whom God hath stirred up to neglect the pleasures of England, and with Abraham to go from thy country, and forsake thy kindred and thy father's house, to go to a land which God will show thee, give me leave to speak the truth. Thy ancestor many hundred years ago gained great honour to thy house, but by this action thou augmented it.
Page 9 - Church, till wee built a homely thing like a barne, set upon Cratchets, covered with rafts, sedge, and earth...
Page 28 - She lives civilly and lovingly with him, and I trust will increase in goodness, as the knowledge of God increaseth in her. She will go into England with me, and were it but the gaining of this one soul, I will think my time, toil, and present stay, well spent.