The Good Lord Wharton: His Family, Life, and Bible CharityLord Philip Wharton (1613-1696) was the son of Sir Thomas Wharton and Lady Philadelphia Carey. He was born at Aske, near Richmond, Yorkshire, England. His ancestry is traced to Thomas, the first Lord Wharton (1495-1568). |
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I do first humbly give my soul to Almighty God , and desire the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the holy company of Heaven and in earth to pray for me ; and my body to be buried in the parish church of Healaugh in the queare [ quoir ] there ...
I do first humbly give my soul to Almighty God , and desire the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the holy company of Heaven and in earth to pray for me ; and my body to be buried in the parish church of Healaugh in the queare [ quoir ] there ...
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Pray be a means between us to obtain this request , which my wife and I earnestly desire . " But the proposed match came to nothing . After attaining his majority he took his place in the House of Lords and attended its sittings for ...
Pray be a means between us to obtain this request , which my wife and I earnestly desire . " But the proposed match came to nothing . After attaining his majority he took his place in the House of Lords and attended its sittings for ...
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Sir Thomas was buried at Edlington , November 8th , 1684 ; and of him Peter Watkinson said in his funeral sermon , " He had an eager and hungering desire after the Word , which he esteemed more than his necessary food , " and was " a ...
Sir Thomas was buried at Edlington , November 8th , 1684 ; and of him Peter Watkinson said in his funeral sermon , " He had an eager and hungering desire after the Word , which he esteemed more than his necessary food , " and was " a ...
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I find them both [ Thomas and Goodwin ] , though a little intent upon their sports , as all youthful active spirits are , yet very tractable and willing to conform to my desires and directions . " In writing to his sister Mary , after ...
I find them both [ Thomas and Goodwin ] , though a little intent upon their sports , as all youthful active spirits are , yet very tractable and willing to conform to my desires and directions . " In writing to his sister Mary , after ...
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Wharton's earnest desire for reconciliation with the King appears in letters which he wrote to Chief Justice Sir John Banks . In one of these ( June 14th , 1642 ) he asks : " Hath all this kingdom no persons prudent enough according to ...
Wharton's earnest desire for reconciliation with the King appears in letters which he wrote to Chief Justice Sir John Banks . In one of these ( June 14th , 1642 ) he asks : " Hath all this kingdom no persons prudent enough according to ...
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Page 117 - My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism ; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 53 - Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt; And most contemptible, to shun contempt; His passion still to covet gen'ral praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty which no friend has made; An angel tongue which no man can persuade...
Page 101 - And men shall speak of the might of Thy terrible acts : And I will declare Thy greatness.
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Page 117 - What is the chief end of man? Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
Page 100 - Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
Page 101 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 117 - I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Page 101 - My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord : and let all flesh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever.
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| Title | The Good Lord Wharton: His Family, Life, and Bible Charity |
| Author | Bryan Dale |
| Publisher | Congregational Union of England and Wales, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 208 pages |
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