Narrative of Many Surprising Conversions in Northampton and Vicinity, Written in 1736, Together with Some Thoughts on the Revival in New England Written in 1740 ... |
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... observe them . There had also long prevailed in the town , a spirit of contention between two parties , into which they had for many years been divided , by which was maintained a jealousy one of the other , and they were prepared to ...
... observe them . There had also long prevailed in the town , a spirit of contention between two parties , into which they had for many years been divided , by which was maintained a jealousy one of the other , and they were prepared to ...
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... observed that in his time , many more women were converted than men . Those of our young people that are , on other accounts , most likely and considera- ble , are mostly , as I hope , truly pious and leading per- sons in the way of ...
... observed that in his time , many more women were converted than men . Those of our young people that are , on other accounts , most likely and considera- ble , are mostly , as I hope , truly pious and leading per- sons in the way of ...
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... observed ) when they have the first exercises of grace , do not know that it is the grace of conversion , and some- times do not think it to be so till a long time after . And many , even when they come to entertain great hope that they ...
... observed ) when they have the first exercises of grace , do not know that it is the grace of conversion , and some- times do not think it to be so till a long time after . And many , even when they come to entertain great hope that they ...
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... observed , in the degree , and also in the particular manner of per- sons ' experiences , both at and after conversion ; some have grace working more sensibly in one way , others in another . Some speak more fully of a conviction of the ...
... observed , in the degree , and also in the particular manner of per- sons ' experiences , both at and after conversion ; some have grace working more sensibly in one way , others in another . Some speak more fully of a conviction of the ...
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... observed how strong affections about temporal matters will.excite lively ideas and pictures of different things in the mind . • But yet the vigorous exercise of the mind does doubt- less more strongly impress it with imaginary ideas in ...
... observed how strong affections about temporal matters will.excite lively ideas and pictures of different things in the mind . • But yet the vigorous exercise of the mind does doubt- less more strongly impress it with imaginary ideas in ...
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Page 175 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 182 - And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Page 157 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it. was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Page 355 - If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day...
Page 240 - Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
Page 356 - My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue ; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Page 353 - But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Page 207 - For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Page 317 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.
Page 184 - And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.