The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher: Late Vicar of Madeley |
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... natural consequence of this mode of compilation , " say they , " is , that the work is defective in clearness and uniformity , and that it is occasionally prolix and redundant . " As to prolixity and redundance , the Editor is under no ...
... natural consequence of this mode of compilation , " say they , " is , that the work is defective in clearness and uniformity , and that it is occasionally prolix and redundant . " As to prolixity and redundance , the Editor is under no ...
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... natural event ; but a work wrought above the power of nature , probably by the ministry of angels . " 10. After Mr. Fletcher had gone through the usual course of study at the University of Geneva , it 18 THE LIFE OF.
... natural event ; but a work wrought above the power of nature , probably by the ministry of angels . " 10. After Mr. Fletcher had gone through the usual course of study at the University of Geneva , it 18 THE LIFE OF.
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... nature can furnish a man , " says Mr. Gilpin , " for offices of a sacred kind , perhaps there never was a person better qualified to sustain the character of a Minister of Jesus Christ than Mr. Fletcher . His disposition and habits ...
... nature can furnish a man , " says Mr. Gilpin , " for offices of a sacred kind , perhaps there never was a person better qualified to sustain the character of a Minister of Jesus Christ than Mr. Fletcher . His disposition and habits ...
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... nature of Christianity . He was naturally of a high and ambitious turn , though his ambition was sufficiently refined for religious as well as scientific pursuits . He aspired after rectitude , and was anxious to possess every moral ...
... nature of Christianity . He was naturally of a high and ambitious turn , though his ambition was sufficiently refined for religious as well as scientific pursuits . He aspired after rectitude , and was anxious to possess every moral ...
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... nature , his hope of being able to reconcile himself to God by his own works began to die away . He sought , however , by the most rigorous austerities , to conquer this evil nature , and bring into his soul a heaven - born peace . But ...
... nature , his hope of being able to reconcile himself to God by his own works began to die away . He sought , however , by the most rigorous austerities , to conquer this evil nature , and bring into his soul a heaven - born peace . But ...
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