Memoir of the Life of John Bowdler, EsqLongman & Company, 1825 - 348 pages |
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Page 68
... faith and practice which he has been taught . Believe me , my dear , it is the heart , not the head , which is wrong , for the most part , in our modern unbelievers . Instead of a generous love towards God , which should prompt us to do ...
... faith and practice which he has been taught . Believe me , my dear , it is the heart , not the head , which is wrong , for the most part , in our modern unbelievers . Instead of a generous love towards God , which should prompt us to do ...
Page 80
... faith and humble piety , her calm unrepining submission , her entire forgetfulness of self , and controul over her own wishes and desires ; of her maternal solicitude and unvaried kindness ; of her ready charity to the poor , and active ...
... faith and humble piety , her calm unrepining submission , her entire forgetfulness of self , and controul over her own wishes and desires ; of her maternal solicitude and unvaried kindness ; of her ready charity to the poor , and active ...
Page 91
... faith , and to the primitive church as its best interpreter ; and upon that church and our own reformers , they kept a steady eye , for direction in the controversies which arose , and in those many and various points of discipline ...
... faith , and to the primitive church as its best interpreter ; and upon that church and our own reformers , they kept a steady eye , for direction in the controversies which arose , and in those many and various points of discipline ...
Page 112
... faith . Mrs. Bowdler became thereby ex- posed to many endeavours to alter her principles ; and these were seconded by the arguments of a pious , but very artful Jesuit , who skilfully selected the points which were likely to receive ...
... faith . Mrs. Bowdler became thereby ex- posed to many endeavours to alter her principles ; and these were seconded by the arguments of a pious , but very artful Jesuit , who skilfully selected the points which were likely to receive ...
Page 115
... , and steady perse- verance ; the doctrines of free - will , the unity of God , and faith in the Messiah ; temperance , purity , and self - denial . With a view I 2 J. BOWDLER , ESQ . 115 Mrs. Bowdler lived at a time which produced ...
... , and steady perse- verance ; the doctrines of free - will , the unity of God , and faith in the Messiah ; temperance , purity , and self - denial . With a view I 2 J. BOWDLER , ESQ . 115 Mrs. Bowdler lived at a time which produced ...
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