The Life and Times of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Critical Examination of His Writings, Volume 1Crocker & Brewster, 1831 - Clergy |
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... , of which he had before been ambi- tious . They produced a higher value for the redemption of Christ , and greater ardor of devotedness to the Redeemer him- self . They led him to seek first the kingdom 14 THE LIFE AND TIMES.
... , of which he had before been ambi- tious . They produced a higher value for the redemption of Christ , and greater ardor of devotedness to the Redeemer him- self . They led him to seek first the kingdom 14 THE LIFE AND TIMES.
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... christian influ- ence , sufficient reason for condemnation , and therefore for fear , will always be found . It is ... Christ , and heaven , than upon my own heart . At home , I 18 THE LIFE AND TIMES.
... christian influ- ence , sufficient reason for condemnation , and therefore for fear , will always be found . It is ... Christ , and heaven , than upon my own heart . At home , I 18 THE LIFE AND TIMES.
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... Christian : as the needle in the compass always returns to the proper point , when the force that turned it aside is with- drawn ; and as the running stream appears to flow clearer than before , when that which polluted it is removed ...
... Christian : as the needle in the compass always returns to the proper point , when the force that turned it aside is with- drawn ; and as the running stream appears to flow clearer than before , when that which polluted it is removed ...
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... Christian principle over the strength and waywardness of passion . T We return to the regular narrative of his life . In 1633 , when was his eighteenth year , he was persuaded by Mr. Wickstead , to give up his design and preparation for ...
... Christian principle over the strength and waywardness of passion . T We return to the regular narrative of his life . In 1633 , when was his eighteenth year , he was persuaded by Mr. Wickstead , to give up his design and preparation for ...
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... christian ministry . He did not expect to live long , and having the eternal world , as it were , immediately before ... Christ . So powerful , indeed , were his own convictions of the madness and wretchedness of pre- sumptuous sinners ...
... christian ministry . He did not expect to live long , and having the eternal world , as it were , immediately before ... Christ . So powerful , indeed , were his own convictions of the madness and wretchedness of pre- sumptuous sinners ...
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Page 348 - But without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Page 358 - And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Page 354 - Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven...
Page 351 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house ; and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 38 - But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Page 280 - I, AB, do declare that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take arms against the king, and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person or against those that are commissioned by him...
Page 230 - ... unfeigned assent and consent, as aforesaid, and subscribed the declaration aforesaid, and shall not take and subscribe the oath following: I, AB, do swear, that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king...
Page 139 - ... would otherwise cooperate with him ; and makes a man walk almost alone, to his own ends. The third and greatest is, that it depriveth a man of one of the most principal instruments for action ; which is trust and belief. The best composition and temperature is, to have openness in fame and opinion ; secrecy in habit ; dissimulation in seasonable use ; and a power to feign, if there be no remedy.
Page 231 - Yet, to quit the towns where they had long been connected, and where alone they had friends and disciples, for a residence in country villages, was an exclusion from the ordinary means of subsistence. The Church of England had, doubtless, her provocations; but she made retaliation much more than commensurate to the injury.
Page 51 - But their most frequent and vehement disputes were for liberty of conscience, as they called it; that is, that the civil magistrate had nothing to do to determine any thing in matters of religion, by constraint or restraint ; but every man might not only hold, but preach and do, in matters of religion, what he pleased...