The Life of David Brainerd: Missionary to the Indians; with an Abridgment of His Diary and Journal. From President Edwards |
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... religion ; The peculiar exercises of his mind ; His desire to become a student for the ministry CHẤP . II . ------ His going to college ; The state of the college at that time ; The re vival there ; Religious zeal ; The danger of a zeal ...
... religion ; The peculiar exercises of his mind ; His desire to become a student for the ministry CHẤP . II . ------ His going to college ; The state of the college at that time ; The re vival there ; Religious zeal ; The danger of a zeal ...
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... religious public are already acquainted with a very copious Life of David Brainerd , written by the late Presi- dent Edwards , and with an abridgment of that performance by the founder of Methodism , the Rev. John Wesley . It will ...
... religious public are already acquainted with a very copious Life of David Brainerd , written by the late Presi- dent Edwards , and with an abridgment of that performance by the founder of Methodism , the Rev. John Wesley . It will ...
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... religious world , who think themselves at the farthest possible remove from the immoral influence of antinomian heresy , would do well to examine how far their notions of distinct and immediate testimony have the same tendency with the ...
... religious world , who think themselves at the farthest possible remove from the immoral influence of antinomian heresy , would do well to examine how far their notions of distinct and immediate testimony have the same tendency with the ...
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... religion . The peculiar exercises of his mind . His desire to become a student for the ministry . VARIOUS are the methods which wise and good men have employed in defence of Christianity ; the infidel has been assailed by a body of ...
... religion . The peculiar exercises of his mind . His desire to become a student for the ministry . VARIOUS are the methods which wise and good men have employed in defence of Christianity ; the infidel has been assailed by a body of ...
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... religion , in the performance of which he thought a minister , and a candidate for the ministerial office , should be ... religious duties . It was no easy thing to sweep away this refuge of lies ; his heart clung 14 Life of Brainerd .
... religion , in the performance of which he thought a minister , and a candidate for the ministerial office , should be ... religious duties . It was no easy thing to sweep away this refuge of lies ; his heart clung 14 Life of Brainerd .
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Page 63 - Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
Page 165 - Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ ; what was I, that I could withstand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Page 254 - If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!
Page 91 - It implied' an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces, as, to idle spectators who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.
Page 39 - Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee ; in whose heart are the ways of them, who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well ; the rain also filleth the pools.
Page 220 - And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias : who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
Page 141 - They were almost universally praying and crying for mercy, in every part of the house, and many out of doors, and numbers could neither go nor stand.
Page 315 - An humble attempt to promote explicit agreement, and visible union of God's people, in extraordinary prayer for the revival of religion, and the advancement of Christ's kingdom on earth, pursuant to scripture promises and prophecies concerning the last time.
Page 301 - And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord : that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
Page 267 - I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and give you an inheritance among all them that are sanctified.