Memoirs of the Rev. David Brainerd: Missionary to the Indians on the Borders of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania: Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary |
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... and imagined that God was affected as I was , and would hear such sincere cries , as I called them . And so sometimes , when I withdrew for secret prayer in great distress , I returned comfortable ; and thus healed 38 MEMOIRS OF BRAINERD .
... and imagined that God was affected as I was , and would hear such sincere cries , as I called them . And so sometimes , when I withdrew for secret prayer in great distress , I returned comfortable ; and thus healed 38 MEMOIRS OF BRAINERD .
Page 118
... affected ; especially reading verse 14 , and onward . I saw there was no other way for the afflicted children of God to take , but to go to God with all their sorrows . Hezekiah , in his great distress , went and spread his complaint ...
... affected ; especially reading verse 14 , and onward . I saw there was no other way for the afflicted children of God to take , but to go to God with all their sorrows . Hezekiah , in his great distress , went and spread his complaint ...
Page 122
... affected with a sense of the greatness and importance of the work of a minister of Christ . Afterwards was grieved to see the vanity of the multitude . In the evening , spent a little time with some Christian friends , with some degree ...
... affected with a sense of the greatness and importance of the work of a minister of Christ . Afterwards was grieved to see the vanity of the multitude . In the evening , spent a little time with some Christian friends , with some degree ...
Page 123
... affecting sense of my own impotency and spiritual weakness . - It is nothing but the power of God that keeps me from all manner of wickedness . I see I am nothing , and can do nothing without help from above . Oh , for divine grace ! In ...
... affecting sense of my own impotency and spiritual weakness . - It is nothing but the power of God that keeps me from all manner of wickedness . I see I am nothing , and can do nothing without help from above . Oh , for divine grace ! In ...
Page 147
... affected to see their Heathenish practices . Oh that they might be " turned from darkness to light ! " Afterwards got a considerable number of them together , and preached to them ; and observed them very attentive . After this ...
... affected to see their Heathenish practices . Oh that they might be " turned from darkness to light ! " Afterwards got a considerable number of them together , and preached to them ; and observed them very attentive . After this ...
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Page 485 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 27 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 477 - Now that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.
Page 478 - But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God...
Page 15 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Page 476 - ... as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 13 - Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Page 308 - 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 489 - For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth ; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Page 425 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window and cried through the lattice Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?