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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... heart , as my left hand to my right . " Arber's Smith pp 265 , 770 . In October 1630 , in the very last work he ever wrote , — his " Pathway to erect a Plantation , " - written " at the house of that worthy knight , Sir Humphrey Mildway ...
... heart , as my left hand to my right . " Arber's Smith pp 265 , 770 . In October 1630 , in the very last work he ever wrote , — his " Pathway to erect a Plantation , " - written " at the house of that worthy knight , Sir Humphrey Mildway ...
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... hearts ( p 10 ) : that it was by God's as sistance , ( in the Fall of 1607 ) we got good store of corn not- withstanding some bad spirits , not content with God's provi- dence still grew mutinous " ( p 12 ) : that it was by his mercy ...
... hearts ( p 10 ) : that it was by God's as sistance , ( in the Fall of 1607 ) we got good store of corn not- withstanding some bad spirits , not content with God's provi- dence still grew mutinous " ( p 12 ) : that it was by his mercy ...
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... hearts and praiers ; and who will sec- ond you , with new and fresh supplies , and who are resolved , ( by the grace of that God , in whose name they have under- taken it ) , never to relinquish this action : but though all the wealth ...
... hearts and praiers ; and who will sec- ond you , with new and fresh supplies , and who are resolved , ( by the grace of that God , in whose name they have under- taken it ) , never to relinquish this action : but though all the wealth ...
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... heart ) did voluntarily leave his warme nest , and to the wonder of his kindred , and the amazement of them that ... hearts God hath stirred up to build him a Temple , to make him an house , to conquer a Kingdome for him heere ; be not ...
... heart ) did voluntarily leave his warme nest , and to the wonder of his kindred , and the amazement of them that ... hearts God hath stirred up to build him a Temple , to make him an house , to conquer a Kingdome for him heere ; be not ...
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... , and with all my might , endeavored the prosecution ( of the work in Virginia ) with all alacrity as God that knoweth the heart can bear me record . What recompense , or what reward , by whom , THE SETTLEMENT AT JAMESTOWN . 27.
... , and with all my might , endeavored the prosecution ( of the work in Virginia ) with all alacrity as God that knoweth the heart can bear me record . What recompense , or what reward , by whom , THE SETTLEMENT AT JAMESTOWN . 27.
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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.