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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... mind inclined him to melancholy . This , his biographer , and himself , towards the close of life , regarded as a serious unhappiness , not to say defect , in his character . If the requisite allowance be made for this constitutional ...
... mind inclined him to melancholy . This , his biographer , and himself , towards the close of life , regarded as a serious unhappiness , not to say defect , in his character . If the requisite allowance be made for this constitutional ...
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... mind tremulously apprehensive of sin , loathing it in every form , and for its own sake , avoiding even the appearance of evil , rising above all terrestrial considerations , advancing rapidly in holiness , and finding its only ...
... mind tremulously apprehensive of sin , loathing it in every form , and for its own sake , avoiding even the appearance of evil , rising above all terrestrial considerations , advancing rapidly in holiness , and finding its only ...
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... minds of men in the knowledge of their guilt and misery , and inciting them to flee from the " damnation of hell . " The ... mind , conformable to the plan laid down in the sacred scriptures , and has in all ages approved itself the most ...
... minds of men in the knowledge of their guilt and misery , and inciting them to flee from the " damnation of hell . " The ... mind , conformable to the plan laid down in the sacred scriptures , and has in all ages approved itself the most ...
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... mind ; particularly in discerning what within himself was to be laid to the score of melancholy ; in which he exceeded all melancholy persons that ever I was acquainted with . This was doubtless owing to a pe- culiar strength in his ...
... mind ; particularly in discerning what within himself was to be laid to the score of melancholy ; in which he exceeded all melancholy persons that ever I was acquainted with . This was doubtless owing to a pe- culiar strength in his ...
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... mind , and I soon became more senseles and remiss . - Again , when I discerned my convictions to grow languid , and thought them about to leave me ; this immediately alarmed and distressed me.- Sometimes I expected to take a large step ...
... mind , and I soon became more senseles and remiss . - Again , when I discerned my convictions to grow languid , and thought them about to leave me ; this immediately alarmed and distressed me.- Sometimes I expected to take a large step ...
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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 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 476 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 25 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 482 - Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended to my Father ; but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father ; and to my God and your God.
Page 478 - And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Page 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
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 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 257 - And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. 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...