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... thought by some that they have already exceeded their just limits . It may not be unnecessary to observe , that this vol- ume contains the history of a man , whose leading characteristic was a sincere and devoted attachment to the ...
... thought by some that they have already exceeded their just limits . It may not be unnecessary to observe , that this vol- ume contains the history of a man , whose leading characteristic was a sincere and devoted attachment to the ...
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... thought I could not be known , I called at gentlemen's " houses , and farm - houses , where I was in general kindly " lodged . They were very well pleased with my playing . " reels to them , ( for I played them better than I can now ...
... thought I could not be known , I called at gentlemen's " houses , and farm - houses , where I was in general kindly " lodged . They were very well pleased with my playing . " reels to them , ( for I played them better than I can now ...
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... thought much and seriously upon his own state , and upon re- ligious subjects ; during which his reflections were some- times gloomy and desponding , and resembling " the sighing " of the prisoner " for deliverance ; and at others ...
... thought much and seriously upon his own state , and upon re- ligious subjects ; during which his reflections were some- times gloomy and desponding , and resembling " the sighing " of the prisoner " for deliverance ; and at others ...
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Hugh Pearson. thought seriously of a reformation . He mentions emphatic- ally of a season of private prayer , and his intention of pur- chasing a new Bible , when he could afford it ; and while he confesses on one occasion , with evident ...
Hugh Pearson. thought seriously of a reformation . He mentions emphatic- ally of a season of private prayer , and his intention of pur- chasing a new Bible , when he could afford it ; and while he confesses on one occasion , with evident ...
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... thought of any re- " ligious duty . Thus I lived till within these few months ; " exactly three years since my voluntary banishment from " my native country ; three tedious years ! and for any thing " I could have done myself , I might ...
... thought of any re- " ligious duty . Thus I lived till within these few months ; " exactly three years since my voluntary banishment from " my native country ; three tedious years ! and for any thing " I could have done myself , I might ...
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Page 509 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day : the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Page 127 - Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.
Page 199 - Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you...
Page 234 - ... if any man will do the will of God, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God.
Page 172 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 166 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Page 519 - And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Page 114 - He has fought a good fight ; he has finished his course ; he has kept the faith...
Page 430 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the failing together ; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 206 - Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.