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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... young and by that of his fa- ther , was much impaired , and occasioned many difficulties to him , before , in the course of frugality and prudence , he could free it from incumbrances . He spent the infancy of his life at his ...
... young and by that of his fa- ther , was much impaired , and occasioned many difficulties to him , before , in the course of frugality and prudence , he could free it from incumbrances . He spent the infancy of his life at his ...
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... Young's Vindicia Anti - Baxterianæ , 1696 , 12mo ; Mr. Long's Review of Mr. Baxter's Life , 1697 , 8vo . adding , as a speci men , the following speech put into the mouth of President Bradshaw in hell , who , in deciding on the merits ...
... Young's Vindicia Anti - Baxterianæ , 1696 , 12mo ; Mr. Long's Review of Mr. Baxter's Life , 1697 , 8vo . adding , as a speci men , the following speech put into the mouth of President Bradshaw in hell , who , in deciding on the merits ...
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... young students for the ministry , with this restriction , that they should be such as were neither for domination nor unnecessary separa- tion , but of Mr. Baxter's principles . His lady , being of the established church , inclined to ...
... young students for the ministry , with this restriction , that they should be such as were neither for domination nor unnecessary separa- tion , but of Mr. Baxter's principles . His lady , being of the established church , inclined to ...
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... young gentry from their servile compliance with the court , and their distaste of serious religion , were very active to carry on and complete that act . That this is no rash imputation upon the ruling clergy then is evi- dent , not ...
... young gentry from their servile compliance with the court , and their distaste of serious religion , were very active to carry on and complete that act . That this is no rash imputation upon the ruling clergy then is evi- dent , not ...
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... young divines to fol- low it . His reverence of the divine purity , made him very shy and jealous of any doctrine that seemed to re- flect a blaim and stain upon it . He was a clear asserter of the sovereign freeness , and infallible ...
... young divines to fol- low it . His reverence of the divine purity , made him very shy and jealous of any doctrine that seemed to re- flect a blaim and stain upon it . He was a clear asserter of the sovereign freeness , and infallible ...
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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.