Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, D.D., Late Vice-provost of the College of Fort William in Bengal, Volume 1Strahan and Spottiswoode, 1819 - 395 pages |
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... called at gentlemen's houses , and farm- " houses , where I was in general kindly lodged . 66 They were very well pleased with my playing " reels to them , ( for I played them better than I " can now , ) and I sometimes received five ...
... called at gentlemen's houses , and farm- " houses , where I was in general kindly lodged . 66 They were very well pleased with my playing " reels to them , ( for I played them better than I " can now , ) and I sometimes received five ...
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... called I knew him to be a serious young upon me . 66 man , and out of complaisance to him I gave the " conversation a religious turn . Among other things , I asked him , whether he believed that " there was such a thing as divine grace ...
... called I knew him to be a serious young upon me . 66 man , and out of complaisance to him I gave the " conversation a religious turn . Among other things , I asked him , whether he believed that " there was such a thing as divine grace ...
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... called a second nature . Nothing " but the hand of the Almighty who created me can change my heart . 66 66 6 " About two months ago I wrote my mother " some particulars of my state , and requested her prayers , for she is a pious woman ...
... called a second nature . Nothing " but the hand of the Almighty who created me can change my heart . 66 66 6 " About two months ago I wrote my mother " some particulars of my state , and requested her prayers , for she is a pious woman ...
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... called on him , " says Mr. Buchanan , in a let- ter to his mother , " on the Tuesday following , and experienced such a happy hour as I ought not " to forget . If he had been my father , he could " not have expressed more solicitude for ...
... called on him , " says Mr. Buchanan , in a let- ter to his mother , " on the Tuesday following , and experienced such a happy hour as I ought not " to forget . If he had been my father , he could " not have expressed more solicitude for ...
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... called the love of God , and cannot be said to be actuated by any specific and prevailing desire of pleasing him , or of living to his glory ! It is , however , from considerations and compa- risons such as these , that the nature and ...
... called the love of God , and cannot be said to be actuated by any specific and prevailing desire of pleasing him , or of living to his glory ! It is , however , from considerations and compa- risons such as these , that the nature and ...
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Page 336 - ... if any man will do the will of God, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God.
Page 362 - this early period be advanced to see what « eye hath not " seen, nor ear heard, nor hath entered into the heart of
Page 173 - Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.
Page 281 - Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you...
Page 355 - God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season : they, through grace, obey the calling : they be justified freely : they be made sons of God by adoption : they be made like the image of his only begotten Son Jesus Christ : they walk religiously in good works : and at length by God's mercy they attain to everlasting felicity.
Page 154 - He has fought a good fight ; he has finished his course ; he has kept the faith...
Page 291 - Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Page 240 - 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 355 - Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God be called according to God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season: they through grace obey the calling...
Page 349 - After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of God we may arise again, and amend our lives.