After God had carried us safe to New England, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God's worship, and settled the civil government, one of the next things we longed for and looked after was... New-England's Memorial - Page 140by Nathaniel Morton - 1669 - 515 pagesFull view - About this book
| Abiel Holmes - Cambridge (Mass.) - 1801 - 142 pages
...houfes, provided neceffaries for our liveli-hood, rear'd convenient places for God's worfhip, and fettled the civil! government : One of the next things we...looked after was to advance learning and perpetuate it to pofterity : dreading to leave an illiterate miniftry to the churches, when our prefent minifters... | |
| Samuel Hall,The Massachusetts Historical Society - 1801 - 300 pages
...neceflaries for our liveli-hood, rear'd convenient places for God's worfhip, and fettled the civill government : One of the next things we longed for...looked after was to advance learning and perpetuate it to pofterity : dreading to leave an illiterate miniftry to the churches* when our prefent minifters... | |
| Nathaniel Morton - Massachusetts - 1826 - 498 pages
...God had carried us safe to New -England, a-id we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for oar livelihood, reared convenient places for God's worship,...after, was, to advance learning, and perpetuate it to posterity, dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to tl^ churches, when our present ministers... | |
| Joseph Story - Massachusetts - 1828 - 108 pages
...of their design, than their own words. ' After God had carried us safe to New-England,' say they, ' and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries...looked after, was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity, dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers... | |
| Joseph Story - Massachusetts - 1828 - 98 pages
...of their design, than their own words. ' After God had carried us safe to New-England,' say they, ' and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries...looked after, was to advance learning and perpetuate lit to posterity, dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers... | |
| Joel Hawes - Church history - 1830 - 264 pages
...later period. — Mather, B. 1 CA. Hi. * " After God had carried us safe to New England, say they, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries...looked after, was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity, dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers... | |
| Benjamin Peirce - 1833 - 518 pages
...necessaries for our livelihood, rear'd convenient places for God's worship, and settled the civill government : One of the next things we longed for...looked after was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity ; dreading to leave an illiterate ministery to the churches, when our present ministers... | |
| Theology - 1834 - 424 pages
...blessing of education. " After God had carried us safe to New England," say they in the " First Fruits," " and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries...looked after was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity ; dreading i0 leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our- present ministry... | |
| Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1834 - 574 pages
...is an extract of a letter written in 1642, and published in ' New England's First Fruits.' ' Alter God had carried us safe to New England, and we had...settled the civil government, one of the next things wee longed for and looked after, was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity, dreading to... | |
| |