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... known to fame , ) of the absorbing effect of literary labour ; and to encourage those who , under any similar circumstances , may be able to avail themselves of the same remedy , to use it unsparingly . Oblivion , alas ! cannot be had ...
... known to fame , ) of the absorbing effect of literary labour ; and to encourage those who , under any similar circumstances , may be able to avail themselves of the same remedy , to use it unsparingly . Oblivion , alas ! cannot be had ...
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... known more of the history of religion in Howe's time , -especially during the Protec- torate of Cromwell , * the very interior of whose court he could have laid bare to us , -than can be obtained from any existing source . Intrinsically ...
... known more of the history of religion in Howe's time , -especially during the Protec- torate of Cromwell , * the very interior of whose court he could have laid bare to us , -than can be obtained from any existing source . Intrinsically ...
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... known . When it has been said that his father was a clergyman , and a man of distinguished piety and worth ; that his mother was a woman of very uncommon abili- ties ; and that his uncle , Obadiah Howe , was vicar of Boston , in ...
... known . When it has been said that his father was a clergyman , and a man of distinguished piety and worth ; that his mother was a woman of very uncommon abili- ties ; and that his uncle , Obadiah Howe , was vicar of Boston , in ...
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... known as of his family . The character of his parents , how- ever , fully justifies the belief that he was edu- cated with care ; that he must have been early imbued with a reverence for religion , and nur- tured in the strictest ...
... known as of his family . The character of his parents , how- ever , fully justifies the belief that he was edu- cated with care ; that he must have been early imbued with a reverence for religion , and nur- tured in the strictest ...
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... known in what city or town they took up their residence ; but it appears by no means to have proved a safe asylum . " It was besieged by the rebels , " says Calamy , " several weeks together , though without success . " * On May 19 ...
... known in what city or town they took up their residence ; but it appears by no means to have proved a safe asylum . " It was besieged by the rebels , " says Calamy , " several weeks together , though without success . " * On May 19 ...
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Page 242 - AND it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, " My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Page 559 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 278 - ... but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ : From whom the whole body fitly joined together, and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in love.
Page 215 - ... but Christ being come, an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building ; neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Page 242 - No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Page 126 - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 228 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man ; but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 371 - But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Page 278 - And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
Page 395 - And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.