Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Late Rev. W. Wood, F.L.S., and Minister of the Protestant Dissenting Chapel at Mill-Hill, in Leeds: To which are Subjoined, an Address, Delivered at His Interment, on Tuesday, April 5; and a Sermon, on Occasion of His Death, Preached on Sunday, April 10, 1808J. Johnson, 1809 - 197 pages |
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Page 12
... received an unanimous invitation from the Congregation assembling in the Old Meeting , in Birmingham , to take the pastoral charge in conjunction with the Rev. Mr.Howell , The probability that so flattering a proposal would not be ...
... received an unanimous invitation from the Congregation assembling in the Old Meeting , in Birmingham , to take the pastoral charge in conjunction with the Rev. Mr.Howell , The probability that so flattering a proposal would not be ...
Page 24
... entering upon that important work , many of whom , in consequence of the present disuse of this apostolical ceremony , have no opportunity of receiving those salutary counsels of age and experience , which are so well adapted 24.
... entering upon that important work , many of whom , in consequence of the present disuse of this apostolical ceremony , have no opportunity of receiving those salutary counsels of age and experience , which are so well adapted 24.
Page 56
... received , is able and required to give assistance and support . In every varied scene the parent , finds that , like Jacob of old , his life is bound up with the life of his children ; when they prosper . he is scarcely sensible of any ...
... received , is able and required to give assistance and support . In every varied scene the parent , finds that , like Jacob of old , his life is bound up with the life of his children ; when they prosper . he is scarcely sensible of any ...
Page 65
... received by us with a dignified complacence , and a cordial return of beneficial kindness . But we should forget what is due to ourselves , were we to dis- cover any anxious solicitude , and to sue a fourth time for what , weighed in ...
... received by us with a dignified complacence , and a cordial return of beneficial kindness . But we should forget what is due to ourselves , were we to dis- cover any anxious solicitude , and to sue a fourth time for what , weighed in ...
Page 82
... they left it with similar feel- ings of regret , they remembered it with similar emotions of pleasure ; from their instructor they had experienced the tenderness and solicitude of a father , and while he lived he received 82.
... they left it with similar feel- ings of regret , they remembered it with similar emotions of pleasure ; from their instructor they had experienced the tenderness and solicitude of a father , and while he lived he received 82.
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Page 2 - There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported. And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished, as though they had never been; and are become as though they had never been born; and their children after them.
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Page 196 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
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