Thirteen Historical Discourses, on the Completion of Two Hundred Years, from the Beginning of the First Church in New Haven, with an AppendixDurrie & Peck, 1839 - 400 pages |
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... proceeding to lay the foundations , not only the principles on which their fabric should be constructed , but the men who were to be employed as living stones in that temple of wisdom , should be well ex- amined . During a period of ...
... proceeding to lay the foundations , not only the principles on which their fabric should be constructed , but the men who were to be employed as living stones in that temple of wisdom , should be well ex- amined . During a period of ...
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... proceeding which , as you observe , has been con- tinued to this day , none being now received into church - fel- lowship till after their names have been publicly propoun- ded . Then by the consent of all , it was agreed , " that ...
... proceeding which , as you observe , has been con- tinued to this day , none being now received into church - fel- lowship till after their names have been publicly propoun- ded . Then by the consent of all , it was agreed , " that ...
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... proceedings no fifth - monarchy notions - no intimations that the saints as such are of right to rule the earth . This is perfectly accor- dant with the views of Davenport elsewhere expressed . In the " former passages , " between him ...
... proceedings no fifth - monarchy notions - no intimations that the saints as such are of right to rule the earth . This is perfectly accor- dant with the views of Davenport elsewhere expressed . In the " former passages , " between him ...
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... proceedings , a decided asser- tion of the right of the people to originate such a constitution of civil government , as might to them seem good . The fashion of the age was , to deduce all authority from the divine right of kings ; and ...
... proceedings , a decided asser- tion of the right of the people to originate such a constitution of civil government , as might to them seem good . The fashion of the age was , to deduce all authority from the divine right of kings ; and ...
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... proceedings no indication of an arbi- trary or domineering spirit in any quarter . Nothing is done by the authority of the leaders - nothing implies that any one among them was specially endowed with any supernatural gifts of knowledge ...
... proceedings no indication of an arbi- trary or domineering spirit in any quarter . Nothing is done by the authority of the leaders - nothing implies that any one among them was specially endowed with any supernatural gifts of knowledge ...
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Page 265 - Say not thou. What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Page 18 - Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. She...
Page 156 - Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
Page 241 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Page 194 - Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Page 156 - And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work...
Page 134 - What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation ? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Page 287 - A | Discourse | about | Civil Government | in a | New Plantation| Whose Design is | Religion. Written many years since, | By that Reverend and Worthy Minister of the Gospel, | John Cotton BD |and now Published by some Undertakers of | a new Plantation, for General Direction| and Information.
Page 26 - All the free planters were called upon to express whether they held themselves bound to establish such civil order as might best conduce to the securing the purity and peace of the ordinances to themselves and their posterity, according to GOD.
Page 368 - I die, my dear children, but God will be with you; praying in humble faith, that your souls, with those of your parents, may be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord our God.