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... I must watch as well as pray . I then resolved to drink nothing stronger than small beer , for twelve months , with any person on any account whatever . This re- solution the Lord enabled me to keep , while living 13.
... I must watch as well as pray . I then resolved to drink nothing stronger than small beer , for twelve months , with any person on any account whatever . This re- solution the Lord enabled me to keep , while living 13.
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... person that I supposed had any knowledge of these things . One day , meeting with a young man from Scotland , belonging to the troop , who appeared to have some understanding in religious matters , I opened my mind to him , so far as to ...
... person that I supposed had any knowledge of these things . One day , meeting with a young man from Scotland , belonging to the troop , who appeared to have some understanding in religious matters , I opened my mind to him , so far as to ...
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... person who now serves God in the gospel of his Son , and has been many years a minister of Jesus Christ , who after having long heard in vain the prayers of a pious parent , and the preaching of the gospel , left his native shores , and ...
... person who now serves God in the gospel of his Son , and has been many years a minister of Jesus Christ , who after having long heard in vain the prayers of a pious parent , and the preaching of the gospel , left his native shores , and ...
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... persons paid for preaching , and he thought it a pity that I should concern myself about religious instruction . I said , in reply , that it was a matter of conscience with me to warn sinners of their evil way ; but that had not the men ...
... persons paid for preaching , and he thought it a pity that I should concern myself about religious instruction . I said , in reply , that it was a matter of conscience with me to warn sinners of their evil way ; but that had not the men ...
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... persons at Chesham . Thus iny own will was frustrated , to bring about the de- signs of God , in fixing this as the place of my future . labours in the ministry ; and thus I found it neces- sary to give up myself into his hands , who ...
... persons at Chesham . Thus iny own will was frustrated , to bring about the de- signs of God , in fixing this as the place of my future . labours in the ministry ; and thus I found it neces- sary to give up myself into his hands , who ...
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Page 89 - England ! if thou obstinately wilt return into Egypt, that is, if thou contract marriage, confederacy, or league with such princes as do maintain and advance idolatry, such as the emperor, who is no less enemy to Christ than ever was Nero— if for the pleasure of such princes thou return to thy old abominations before used under Papistry, then assuredly, 0 England, thou shalt be plagued and brought to desolation, by the means of those whose favour thou seekest !" The other passages related to the...
Page 49 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 46 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 80 - Although my house be not so with God ; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure : for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
Page 53 - My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism ; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 23 - And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness...
Page 68 - For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion 16 So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Page 43 - It is natural to suppose, that in the combination of trying circumstances which attended me, I must have had considerable anxiety ; but, trusting to the justice of my cause, and to that God who has promised, ' As thy day is, so shall thy strength be...
Page 73 - Twould be no joy to me; And, while this earth is my abode, I long for none but Thee. 4 What if the springs of life were broke, And flesh and heart should faint, God is my soul's eternal rock, The strength of every saint.
Page 68 - I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.