The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme: pt. 1. The life and times of Richard Baxter. pt. 2. The life and writings of Richard BaxterJ. Duncan, 1830 |
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... considerable degree , perhaps , by the particular cast of his mind , and the state of his body . They respected various things which discover the imperfection of his knowledge at the time ; but which , as they may be useful to others ...
... considerable degree , perhaps , by the particular cast of his mind , and the state of his body . They respected various things which discover the imperfection of his knowledge at the time ; but which , as they may be useful to others ...
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... considerable ability ; and , amongst other things , endeavours to prove " that for two hun- dred years after Christ , the churches were not diocesan , but congregational . " The work of Parker , ' De Politeia Ecclesiastica Christi , et ...
... considerable ability ; and , amongst other things , endeavours to prove " that for two hun- dred years after Christ , the churches were not diocesan , but congregational . " The work of Parker , ' De Politeia Ecclesiastica Christi , et ...
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... considerable extent , he had to en- counter at the beginning ; but , by patient continuance in well- doing , he overcame all their prejudices , and produced universal love and veneration . At one time the ignorant rabble raged against ...
... considerable extent , he had to en- counter at the beginning ; but , by patient continuance in well- doing , he overcame all their prejudices , and produced universal love and veneration . At one time the ignorant rabble raged against ...
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... considerable danger . The king's declarations were read in the market - place , and a country gentleman , who officiated on the occasion , stopped at sight of Baxter , and called out " There goes a traitor . " The commission of array ...
... considerable danger . The king's declarations were read in the market - place , and a country gentleman , who officiated on the occasion , stopped at sight of Baxter , and called out " There goes a traitor . " The commission of array ...
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... considerable time , the account which he gives of what fell under his own observation , and of his personal conduct , is frequently important and interesting , and may always be re- ceived with the greatest confidence . To these things ...
... considerable time , the account which he gives of what fell under his own observation , and of his personal conduct , is frequently important and interesting , and may always be re- ceived with the greatest confidence . To these things ...
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Page 389 - And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Page 378 - But without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Page 384 - The description of heaven in Heb. xii. 22, was most comfortable to him ; that he was going to the " innumerable company of angels, and to the general assembly and Church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven...
Page 382 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house ; and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 744 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 532 - ... by express commission immediately and personally received from God, or else by authority derived at the first from their consent upon whose persons they . impose laws, it is no better than mere tyranny. Laws they are not therefore which public approbation hath not made so.
Page 416 - All, and in all ; of whom, and through whom, and to whom, are all things, to whom be glory for ever. — Amen.
Page 122 - The principle of becoming all things to all men, if by any means he might save...
Page 492 - God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it and his habitation: but if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
Page 772 - This grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter ; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than after the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment.