The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting Houses, in London, Westminster, and Southwark: Including the Lives of Their Ministers, from the Rise of Nonconformity to the Present Time : with an Appendix on the Origin, Progress, and Present State of Christianity in Britain, Volume 2author ; sold, 1809 - Dissenters, Religious |
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... studies , condescended to be an auditor of some of their first sermons , and , after- wards , would faithfully communicate to them his thoughts- an advantage which they often reflected upon with pleasurė and thankfulness . † Mr ...
... studies , condescended to be an auditor of some of their first sermons , and , after- wards , would faithfully communicate to them his thoughts- an advantage which they often reflected upon with pleasurė and thankfulness . † Mr ...
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... studies for the Christian minis- try . He began to preach in the beginning of the reign of James II . a dark and threatening time , when our religion and liberties , and every thing dear and valuable to English- men and Protestants were ...
... studies for the Christian minis- try . He began to preach in the beginning of the reign of James II . a dark and threatening time , when our religion and liberties , and every thing dear and valuable to English- men and Protestants were ...
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... studies with great diligence and application , which much contributed to his eminent useful- ness in after - life . There it was that he had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with Mr. Philip Henry , and his family ; ( B ) He was ...
... studies with great diligence and application , which much contributed to his eminent useful- ness in after - life . There it was that he had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with Mr. Philip Henry , and his family ; ( B ) He was ...
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... studies for the ministry , among Protestant Dis- senters . At about nineteen years of age , he came up to London , and preached a short time as assistant to the Rev. Joseph Read , at a meeting - house in Bloomsbury , where he was soon ...
... studies for the ministry , among Protestant Dis- senters . At about nineteen years of age , he came up to London , and preached a short time as assistant to the Rev. Joseph Read , at a meeting - house in Bloomsbury , where he was soon ...
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... studies . Under their instructions he made suitable improvements , and had the advantage of his father's immediate inspection . After spending a sufficient time in preparatory study , he en- tered upon his public work , in the year 1727 ...
... studies . Under their instructions he made suitable improvements , and had the advantage of his father's immediate inspection . After spending a sufficient time in preparatory study , he en- tered upon his public work , in the year 1727 ...
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Page 315 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 547 - According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
Page 453 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conduct in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 334 - And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee : for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Page 453 - ... and affect us, and blended them together in almost all that our thoughts and senses have to do with ; that we, finding imperfection, dissatisfaction, and want of complete happiness in all the enjoyments which the creatures can afford us, might be led to seek it in the enjoyment of Him " with whom there is fulness of joy, and at whose right hand are pleasures for evermore.
Page 352 - Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee : yet let me talk with Thee of Thy judgments : wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
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Page 237 - Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
Page 125 - Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven...
Page 44 - He who goes about to speak of the mystery of the Trinity, and does it by words and names of man's invention, talking of essences and existences...