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And all this was without Mr . Baxter ' s having the least notice of any accusation ,
or receiving any summons to appear and answer for himself , or ever seeing the
justices or accusers ; and afterwards he was in constant danger of new seizures ...
And all this was without Mr . Baxter ' s having the least notice of any accusation ,
or receiving any summons to appear and answer for himself , or ever seeing the
justices or accusers ; and afterwards he was in constant danger of new seizures ...
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... inuch indisposed , and desiring farther time than to the 30th , ubich was the day
appoin ' ed for the trial , be moved by his counsel that it might be put off ; on which
occasion the Chief Justice answered angrily , ' I will not • give him a minute ' s ...
... inuch indisposed , and desiring farther time than to the 30th , ubich was the day
appoin ' ed for the trial , be moved by his counsel that it might be put off ; on which
occasion the Chief Justice answered angrily , ' I will not • give him a minute ' s ...
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The harvest answered the seed that was sowed . Before his coming , the place
was like a piece of dry and barren earth , only ignorance and profaneness , as
natives of the soil , were rife among them ; but by the blessing of heaven upon his
...
The harvest answered the seed that was sowed . Before his coming , the place
was like a piece of dry and barren earth , only ignorance and profaneness , as
natives of the soil , were rife among them ; but by the blessing of heaven upon his
...
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His unwearied industry to do good to his flock , was answered by correspondent
love and thankfulness . He was an angel in their esteem . He would often speak
with great complacence of their dear af . VOL . IV . fections : P9 fections : And a ...
His unwearied industry to do good to his flock , was answered by correspondent
love and thankfulness . He was an angel in their esteem . He would often speak
with great complacence of their dear af . VOL . IV . fections : P9 fections : And a ...
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He expressed a great willingness to die ; and during his sickness , when the
question was asked , how he did , his answer was , “ Almost well . ” His joy was
remarkable , when in his own apprehensions death was nearest : And his
spiritual joy ...
He expressed a great willingness to die ; and during his sickness , when the
question was asked , how he did , his answer was , “ Almost well . ” His joy was
remarkable , when in his own apprehensions death was nearest : And his
spiritual joy ...
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Page 374 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering. Forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 251 - 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?
Page 193 - I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand.
Page 262 - And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Page 208 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 410 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment...
Page 9 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation or mental evasion or secret reservation whatsoever: And I do make this recognition and acknowledgment heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian, So help me God.
Page 246 - My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth among the lilies. Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe Or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Page 256 - He was, as he hints in his Miscellanies, a maker of verses from fifteen to fifty, and in his youth he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry. His verses to his brother, in the glyconick measure, written when he was seventeen, are remarkably easy and elegant.
Page 267 - The stone which the builders refused is become the head-stone of the corner. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
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| Title | Evangelical Biography: Or, An Historical Account of the Lives & Deaths of the Most Eminent and Evangelical Authors Or Preachers, Both British and Foreign, in the Several Denominations of Protestants, from the Beginning of the Reformation to the Present Time ... Volume 4 of Evangelical Biography: Or, An Historical Account of the Lives & Deaths of the Most Eminent and Evangelical Authors Or Preachers, Both British and Foreign, in the Several Denominations of Protestants, from the Beginning of the Reformation to the Present Time, Erasmus Middleton Volume 4 of Evangelical biography, Erasmus Middleton |
| Author | Erasmus Middleton |
| Publisher | W. Baynes, 1816 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Aug 2005 |
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