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... sense , the Apostle of Vermont . His brethren in the ministry , who have ever en- tertained for him a peculiar respect , will consider any thing relating to him as precious . It is hop- ed that all , into whose hands this book may come ...
... sense , the Apostle of Vermont . His brethren in the ministry , who have ever en- tertained for him a peculiar respect , will consider any thing relating to him as precious . It is hop- ed that all , into whose hands this book may come ...
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... sense of religion while he was at College , and was study- ing the writings of President Edwards . He was graduated 1765. He was by nature endowed with those distinguished talents , which would have en- abled him to appear with the ...
... sense of religion while he was at College , and was study- ing the writings of President Edwards . He was graduated 1765. He was by nature endowed with those distinguished talents , which would have en- abled him to appear with the ...
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... sense of the shortness . and uncertainty of life , he will summon every ulty of his soul to the most vigorous exertion in this great work ; will do with his might what his hand findeth to do : He will not put off that work , until to ...
... sense of the shortness . and uncertainty of life , he will summon every ulty of his soul to the most vigorous exertion in this great work ; will do with his might what his hand findeth to do : He will not put off that work , until to ...
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... sense of the weight and importance of it , and feel a serious concern to ac quit himself in the best manner in the service of Christ . We cannot here propose to ourselves a more illustrious example in a mere creature , than that of the ...
... sense of the weight and importance of it , and feel a serious concern to ac quit himself in the best manner in the service of Christ . We cannot here propose to ourselves a more illustrious example in a mere creature , than that of the ...
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... sense of eternity ; as looking into eternity and as fixing our eyes directly on the immortal in- terest of our hearers . For this end , it might be of use to pray much over our sermons and to have our studies places of sure resort to ...
... sense of eternity ; as looking into eternity and as fixing our eyes directly on the immortal in- terest of our hearers . For this end , it might be of use to pray much over our sermons and to have our studies places of sure resort to ...
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Page 129 - Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 120 - For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Page 232 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 216 - For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Page 20 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page iii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 192 - Behold, I will send you Elijah, the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. • And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Page 25 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 191 - And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
Page 281 - The path of the just is as the shining light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.