Evangelical Biography: Being a Complete and Fruitful Account of the Lives ... & Happy Deaths of Eminent Christians : who Have Shone with Distinguished Lustre ...J. Stratford, 1807 - Christian biography |
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... prayer and religious conversation , He advised them to propose a question at one meeting , to be discussed at the next ; and he not only prayed with them , but directed them how to manage these meetings to the best advantage , and ...
... prayer and religious conversation , He advised them to propose a question at one meeting , to be discussed at the next ; and he not only prayed with them , but directed them how to manage these meetings to the best advantage , and ...
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... Prayer Book with him , and conducting himself as orderly as if attained to mature age and understanding . At four years old , he went one Sacrament Sabbath by himself ; but instead of leaving with the the congregation , he remained with ...
... Prayer Book with him , and conducting himself as orderly as if attained to mature age and understanding . At four years old , he went one Sacrament Sabbath by himself ; but instead of leaving with the the congregation , he remained with ...
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... prayer ; and , to use the apostle's expression , since adopted by himself , " he was a Pharisee of the Pharisees . " Before he was six years old , he gave a striking proof of his conviction of the omniscience of God : playing in a field ...
... prayer ; and , to use the apostle's expression , since adopted by himself , " he was a Pharisee of the Pharisees . " Before he was six years old , he gave a striking proof of his conviction of the omniscience of God : playing in a field ...
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... prayer and exhortation . With this society he met constantly , sometimes praying ; but never attempted to speak , till one evening , when being disappointed of their speaker , the old lady fixed upon Mr. Jackson to supply the lack of ...
... prayer and exhortation . With this society he met constantly , sometimes praying ; but never attempted to speak , till one evening , when being disappointed of their speaker , the old lady fixed upon Mr. Jackson to supply the lack of ...
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... prayer to God for you all is , that you may be saved * . " His We may read the language of his heart to them in the following extract : " Give me leave to deal plainly , and to come close to you ; for I love your souls so well , that I ...
... prayer to God for you all is , that you may be saved * . " His We may read the language of his heart to them in the following extract : " Give me leave to deal plainly , and to come close to you ; for I love your souls so well , that I ...
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Page 48 - If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to Whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 108 - As the godly consideration of predestination and our Election in Christ is full of sweet, pleasant and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ mortifying the works of the flesh and their earthly members and drawing up' their mind to high and heavenly things...
Page 163 - They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard ; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
Page 194 - For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Page 5 - If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness; then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit ; I have found a ransom.
Page 56 - For I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread: and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Page 97 - For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption : But he whom God raised again saw no corruption.
Page 6 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Page 132 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 278 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.