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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... discourses . They are to represent him as one - who has completely answer- ed the demands of the law , rendered the Deity propitious to the sinner , and upon this account is able eternally to save us from the vengeance of an offended ...
... discourses . They are to represent him as one - who has completely answer- ed the demands of the law , rendered the Deity propitious to the sinner , and upon this account is able eternally to save us from the vengeance of an offended ...
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... discourses of the day to myself ; recollecting what I could , though sometimes very late at night . I used occasionally on Monday mornings to recollect the same sermons ; experienced a considerable degree of enjoyment in prayer , and ...
... discourses of the day to myself ; recollecting what I could , though sometimes very late at night . I used occasionally on Monday mornings to recollect the same sermons ; experienced a considerable degree of enjoyment in prayer , and ...
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... discourse . In the evening , was enabled to be in some measure thankful , and de- voted to God . " The frames and exercises of his mind , during the four next days , were similar to those of the two days past ; except intervals of ...
... discourse . In the evening , was enabled to be in some measure thankful , and de- voted to God . " The frames and exercises of his mind , during the four next days , were similar to those of the two days past ; except intervals of ...
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... discourse with dear friends , just as we took our leave of each other ; and supposed it might be likely we should not meet again till we came to the eternal world . * I doubt not , through grace , but that some of us shall have a hap ...
... discourse with dear friends , just as we took our leave of each other ; and supposed it might be likely we should not meet again till we came to the eternal world . * I doubt not , through grace , but that some of us shall have a hap ...
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... discourse from Deut . viii . 2. God was pleased to give me some freedom and enlargement , some power and spirituality ; and I spent the evening somewhat comfortably . " The two next days , his comfort continues , and he seems to en- joy ...
... discourse from Deut . viii . 2. God was pleased to give me some freedom and enlargement , some power and spirituality ; and I spent the evening somewhat comfortably . " The two next days , his comfort continues , and he seems to en- joy ...
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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?