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... time devoted to teaching , he be- came the pastor of the Roxbury Church . From the first his interest in the Indians had mani- fested itself , and he early took steps toward giving them the Word of God . He was well 1.
... time devoted to teaching , he be- came the pastor of the Roxbury Church . From the first his interest in the Indians had mani- fested itself , and he early took steps toward giving them the Word of God . He was well 1.
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... interest Mr. Boyle had taken in his plans , and in his letters addressed him as " Right honourable nursing father . " Copies of the Bible of 1685 with the Boyle dedication are now extremely scarce , as only twelve are known to exist ...
... interest Mr. Boyle had taken in his plans , and in his letters addressed him as " Right honourable nursing father . " Copies of the Bible of 1685 with the Boyle dedication are now extremely scarce , as only twelve are known to exist ...
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... interest . It was sold at the Brinley sale for $ 900 , and is now the property of Mrs. Laura Eliot Cutter of Brook- lyn , N.Y. , who is a lineal descendant of John Eliot by the sixth generation . The Eliot that originally THE ELIOT ...
... interest . It was sold at the Brinley sale for $ 900 , and is now the property of Mrs. Laura Eliot Cutter of Brook- lyn , N.Y. , who is a lineal descendant of John Eliot by the sixth generation . The Eliot that originally THE ELIOT ...
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... interest in the Saviour , through whose redeeming power he will be taught to love Him and keep His words ; then the Father will love him and come unto him , and they will make their abode with him . And if the Godhead thus dwells in him ...
... interest in the Saviour , through whose redeeming power he will be taught to love Him and keep His words ; then the Father will love him and come unto him , and they will make their abode with him . And if the Godhead thus dwells in him ...
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... to Con- gress , seeking support and sanction . His peti- tion was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs . Duane , McKean , and Witherspoon . They reported in 1782 that they had watched with interest THE AITKEN BIBLE . 61.
... to Con- gress , seeking support and sanction . His peti- tion was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs . Duane , McKean , and Witherspoon . They reported in 1782 that they had watched with interest THE AITKEN BIBLE . 61.
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Page 105 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth? a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Page 104 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 105 - Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 130 - Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 32 And John bare record, saying I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
Page 130 - After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in /Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
Page 5 - AT THE CHARGE, AND WITH THE CONSENT OF THE CORPORATION IN ENGLAND FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL AMONGST THE INDIANS IN NEW-ENGLAND.
Page 9 - Holy Bible: containing the Old Testament and the New. Translated into the Indian Language and ordered to be printed by the Commissioners of the United Colonies in New England, at the charge, and with the consent of the Corporation in England for the Propagation of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New England.
Page 115 - THE GREEK TESTAMENT, with English Notes, Critical, Philological, and Exegetical, partly selected and arranged from the best Commentators, ancient and modern, but chiefly original ; the whole being...
Page 152 - Natives, hath been Established and Encouraged (whose Labour of Love, Care, and Faithfulness in that Trust, must ever be remembred with Honour.) Yea, when private persons, for their private Ends, have of late sought Advantages to deprive the said Corporation of Half the Possessions that had been, by Liberal Contributions, obtained for so Religious Ends ; We understand, That by an Honourable and Righteous Decision in Your Majesties Court of Chancery, their Hopes have been defeated, and the Thing Settled...
Page 56 - Majesty," in order to prevent a prosecution from those in England and Scotland, who published the Bible by a patent from the crown ; or, Cum privilegio, as did the English universities of Oxford and Cambridge. When I was an apprentice, I often heard those who had assisted at the case and press in printing this Bible, make mention of the fact. The late governor Hancock was related to Henchman, and knew the particulars of the transaction.