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... cause of christianity . The Rev. Job Swift , D. D. was born in Sand- wich , in the State of Massachusetts , on the 17th of June , A. D. 1743 , O. S. While he was very young , his father removed to Kent , in Connecti- cut . He became a ...
... cause of christianity . The Rev. Job Swift , D. D. was born in Sand- wich , in the State of Massachusetts , on the 17th of June , A. D. 1743 , O. S. While he was very young , his father removed to Kent , in Connecti- cut . He became a ...
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... causes which led to . his dismission from the church and people of Ben- nington . The event is recent and the subject a delicate one .. The people of Bennington , it is hoped , while they realize their obligations to a once beloved and ...
... causes which led to . his dismission from the church and people of Ben- nington . The event is recent and the subject a delicate one .. The people of Bennington , it is hoped , while they realize their obligations to a once beloved and ...
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... cause , knowing that the time of our departure is . at hand . Let us learn to put our trust in that God ,, who is able to take care of his church without us , or those who are more eminent in gifts and grace , and who worketh all things ...
... cause , knowing that the time of our departure is . at hand . Let us learn to put our trust in that God ,, who is able to take care of his church without us , or those who are more eminent in gifts and grace , and who worketh all things ...
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... cause ; the conver- sion of sinners , and thereby of their eternal salva- tion ; which will be so many gems in their crown of immortal glory . One who is engaged , or entering on so solemn and interesting a work , may well have his mind ...
... cause ; the conver- sion of sinners , and thereby of their eternal salva- tion ; which will be so many gems in their crown of immortal glory . One who is engaged , or entering on so solemn and interesting a work , may well have his mind ...
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... cause of truth . But they suffer rather for their imprudence than their ad- herence to the truth . We ought to labor never to disgust the hearer by any thing but truth . It is not material how soft the expression is , if it does but ...
... cause of truth . But they suffer rather for their imprudence than their ad- herence to the truth . We ought to labor never to disgust the hearer by any thing but truth . It is not material how soft the expression is , if it does but ...
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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.