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... meek- ness and innocence of his life , as for his great and useful learning ; and indeed as remarkable for his fortitude in his long and patient suffering ( under them that then called themselves the godly party ) for that doctrine ...
... meek- ness and innocence of his life , as for his great and useful learning ; and indeed as remarkable for his fortitude in his long and patient suffering ( under them that then called themselves the godly party ) for that doctrine ...
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... meek spirits did make them look upon that sacred calling with an humble adoration and fear to undertake it ; which indeed requires such great degrees of humility , and labour , and care , that none but such were then thought worthy of ...
... meek spirits did make them look upon that sacred calling with an humble adoration and fear to undertake it ; which indeed requires such great degrees of humility , and labour , and care , that none but such were then thought worthy of ...
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... meek spirit . And that he was so mild appears by his proposals to our master Perkins of Cambridge , " from whose book , Of the Order and Causes of Salvation ( which was first writ in Latin ) Arminius took the occasion " of writing some ...
... meek spirit . And that he was so mild appears by his proposals to our master Perkins of Cambridge , " from whose book , Of the Order and Causes of Salvation ( which was first writ in Latin ) Arminius took the occasion " of writing some ...
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... meekness ; which I mention the ra- ther , because it too seldom falls out to be so in a book - war . There is yet a little more to be said of Mr. Bedel , for the greatest part of which the reader is referred to this following letter of ...
... meekness ; which I mention the ra- ther , because it too seldom falls out to be so in a book - war . There is yet a little more to be said of Mr. Bedel , for the greatest part of which the reader is referred to this following letter of ...
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... meekness , that as St. Paul advised his Timothy in the election of a bi- shop , That he have a good report of those that be without & ; e Aug. 1627 . f Sept. 3 , 1629 . 1 Tim . iii . 7 . so had he : for those that were without , 102 THE ...
... meekness , that as St. Paul advised his Timothy in the election of a bi- shop , That he have a good report of those that be without & ; e Aug. 1627 . f Sept. 3 , 1629 . 1 Tim . iii . 7 . so had he : for those that were without , 102 THE ...
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Page 349 - That we shall sincerely, really, and constantly, through the grace of God, endeavour, in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies...
Page 20 - Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th
Page 40 - SINCE I am coming to that Holy room, Where, with thy Quire of Saints for evermore, I shall be made thy Music; as I come I tune the Instrument here at the door, And what I must do then, think here before.
Page 242 - ... his answer was, that the thought of what he had done would prove music to him at midnight, and that the omission of it would have upbraided and made discord in his conscience, whensoever he should pass by that place. " for if I be bound to pray for all that be in distress, I am sure that I am bound, so far as it is in my power, to practise what I pray for. • And though I do not wish for the like occasion every day, yet let me tell you, I would not willingly pass one day of my life without comforting...
Page 360 - That such jurisdictions, privileges, superiorities and pre-eminences, spiritual and ecclesiastical, as by any spiritual or ecclesiastical power or authority hath heretofore been or may lawfully be exercised or used for the visitation of the ecclesiastical state and persons, and for reformation, order and correction of the same and of all manner of errors, heresies, schisms, abuses, offences, contempts and enormities, shall for ever, by authority of this present Parliament, be united and annexed to...
Page 36 - TO GOD THE FATHER. " Wilt Thou forgive that sin where I begun, " Which was my sin, though it were done before? " Wilt Thou forgive that sin through which I run, " And do run still, though still I do deplore? " When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done,
Page 374 - ... the preservation of the reformed religion in the church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the Word of God, and the example of the best reformed churches...
Page 350 - Churches ; and we shall endeavour to bring the Churches of God in the three kingdoms to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in religion, confession of faith, form of Church government, directory for worship and catechising, that we, and our posterity after us, may, as brethren, live in faith and love, and the Lord may delight to dwell in the midst of us.
Page 210 - Thy ways are deep, and still the same, Will not a verse run smooth that bears Thy name ? Why doth that fire, which by Thy power and might Each breast does feel, no braver fuel choose Than that which one day worms may chance refuse ? " Sure, Lord, there is enough in Thee to dry Oceans of ink...
Page 231 - TO MY SUCCESSOR. If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built without thy cost: Be good to the poor, As God gives thee store, And then my labour's not lost.