A Description of the Qualifications Necessary to a Gospel Minister, Containing Advice to Ministers and Elders, how to Conduct Themselves in Their Conversations, and Various Services, According to Their Gifts in the Church of ChristL. Hinde, 1750 - 102 pages |
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... Meetings ; and in this Work , as thou keep'ft thy Place , thou wilt gain Experience , and thereby come to be more fit to undertake weightier Service . First then , Be not over - forward to Vifit Friends Abroad , left thou should't bring ...
... Meetings ; and in this Work , as thou keep'ft thy Place , thou wilt gain Experience , and thereby come to be more fit to undertake weightier Service . First then , Be not over - forward to Vifit Friends Abroad , left thou should't bring ...
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... Meetings , and art come amongst ftrange Friends and Faces , thou wilt find thyself under great Fears and Doubts , how thou shalt come off ; and perhaps it may be , poor enough in thy own Efteem , fo that thou mayft think thou hadft ...
... Meetings , and art come amongst ftrange Friends and Faces , thou wilt find thyself under great Fears and Doubts , how thou shalt come off ; and perhaps it may be , poor enough in thy own Efteem , fo that thou mayft think thou hadft ...
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... Meetings , and wilt get Strength over that flavish Fear and Uneafinefs , occafioned through want of Experience ; and as thou witnesses a Growth in thy Gift , the Word of Life , a Concern of greater Moment and Confequence may fall upon ...
... Meetings , and wilt get Strength over that flavish Fear and Uneafinefs , occafioned through want of Experience ; and as thou witnesses a Growth in thy Gift , the Word of Life , a Concern of greater Moment and Confequence may fall upon ...
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... Meeting of which thou art a Member , and it may fo happen , that fome of thy Brethren may think that thou art not qualified for fuch an Undertaking , but they may advise thee to tarry at Home till thou art ( in their Thoughts ) better ...
... Meeting of which thou art a Member , and it may fo happen , that fome of thy Brethren may think that thou art not qualified for fuch an Undertaking , but they may advise thee to tarry at Home till thou art ( in their Thoughts ) better ...
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... Meeting and Friends that have recommended thee as a Minifter , muft fharel argely with thee , both in the Blame and Shame thou bring'ft upon thy Profeffion and Ministry , by thy ill Conduct or disagreeable Doctrine ; . Doctrine ; and ...
... Meeting and Friends that have recommended thee as a Minifter , muft fharel argely with thee , both in the Blame and Shame thou bring'ft upon thy Profeffion and Ministry , by thy ill Conduct or disagreeable Doctrine ; . Doctrine ; and ...
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Page 110 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 110 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 24 - But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart ; that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page ix - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that tí unprofitable for you.
Page 55 - And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor...
Page 49 - And some fell upon a rock ; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns ; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold.
Page 51 - For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. But he who was of the bond-woman was born after the flesh ; but he of the free-woman was by promise.
Page vii - Yea, I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Page 23 - Make me a clean heart, O God : and renew a right fpirit within me. Caft me not away from Thy prefence : and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. O give me the comfort of Thy help again : and ftablifh me with Thy free Spirit.
Page 71 - But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.