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 ...W. Baynes, 1816 - Christian biography |
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... believe his will declared in his word : He would not interpret the pro- mises of the gospel in a less gracious sense than GoD intended them : Therefore if men finally perish , it is not for want of mercy in GoD , nor merits in Christ ...
... believe his will declared in his word : He would not interpret the pro- mises of the gospel in a less gracious sense than GoD intended them : Therefore if men finally perish , it is not for want of mercy in GoD , nor merits in Christ ...
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... believe GOD will sooner hear your prayers than " mine . " He imitated St. Austin both in his penitential confessions and retractations . In conjunction with humili- ty he had great candour for others . He could willingly bear with ...
... believe GOD will sooner hear your prayers than " mine . " He imitated St. Austin both in his penitential confessions and retractations . In conjunction with humili- ty he had great candour for others . He could willingly bear with ...
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... believe , I believe . " He said to Mr. Mather , " I " bless GoD that you have accomplished your business ; " the Lord prolong your life . " 6 He expressed a great willingness to die ; and during his sickness , when the question was ...
... believe , I believe . " He said to Mr. Mather , " I " bless GoD that you have accomplished your business ; " the Lord prolong your life . " 6 He expressed a great willingness to die ; and during his sickness , when the question was ...
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... believe : Lord , help my unbelief ! I am heartily ' willing to take Christ upon his own terms ; but one thing troubles me , I doubt this bloody sin will not be pardoned . Will Jesus Christ , said he , apply his blood to me , that have ...
... believe : Lord , help my unbelief ! I am heartily ' willing to take Christ upon his own terms ; but one thing troubles me , I doubt this bloody sin will not be pardoned . Will Jesus Christ , said he , apply his blood to me , that have ...
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... believe that he was also cured of that more dangerous wound which sin had made on his soul . Mr. Flavel spent many hours with him during the time of his illness ; and when the sur- geon returned to Pool , after his recovery , Mr. Samuel ...
... believe that he was also cured of that more dangerous wound which sin had made on his soul . Mr. Flavel spent many hours with him during the time of his illness ; and when the sur- geon returned to Pool , after his recovery , Mr. Samuel ...
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Page 372 - 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 249 - 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 191 - I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand.
Page 260 - 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 206 - ... 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 408 - 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 7 - 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 245 - 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 254 - 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 265 - 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.