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... spirit of the pilgrims which yet linger among us . May it help to increase the multitudes which , like the Puritans of old , have gone up , through much tribulation , from the footstool to the throne ! THE LIFE OF JOHN COΤΤΟΝ ...
... spirit of the pilgrims which yet linger among us . May it help to increase the multitudes which , like the Puritans of old , have gone up , through much tribulation , from the footstool to the throne ! THE LIFE OF JOHN COΤΤΟΝ ...
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... Spirit . For a while , he succeeded in stifling the still small voice of conviction , till one day walking in the fields , he heard the bell tolling the death - knell of the devout Mr. Per- kins . At this , Mr. Cotton secretly rejoiced ...
... Spirit . For a while , he succeeded in stifling the still small voice of conviction , till one day walking in the fields , he heard the bell tolling the death - knell of the devout Mr. Per- kins . At this , Mr. Cotton secretly rejoiced ...
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... Spirit . Making an errand of borrowing a book , he called on Mr. Cotton , with whom he had not been acquainted . His wounded soul could not keep silence ; and he sought those spiritual succors which God blessed to the peace of his mind ...
... Spirit . Making an errand of borrowing a book , he called on Mr. Cotton , with whom he had not been acquainted . His wounded soul could not keep silence ; and he sought those spiritual succors which God blessed to the peace of his mind ...
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... Spirit ; and this comfort continued with him , in some happy measure , through the residue of his days . He would often say of the day of his espousals , " God made it a day of double marriage to me ! " for it was then that he obtained ...
... Spirit ; and this comfort continued with him , in some happy measure , through the residue of his days . He would often say of the day of his espousals , " God made it a day of double marriage to me ! " for it was then that he obtained ...
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... Spirit . Other mediators with God were set up by the side of Jesus , and even above him , in the affection and confidence of the worshipers . Full faith was given to all manner of absurd miracles , alledged to be wrought by hermits ...
... Spirit . Other mediators with God were set up by the side of Jesus , and even above him , in the affection and confidence of the worshipers . Full faith was given to all manner of absurd miracles , alledged to be wrought by hermits ...
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Page 276 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Page 123 - For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as. in all churches of the saints.
Page 297 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 102 - Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. 29. And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30. But he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come, eternal life.
Page 50 - And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; Of whom the world was not worthy: they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 27 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort : who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Page 297 - And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
Page 118 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 155 - Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears." But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share and his coulter and his axe and his mattock.
Page 126 - Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for. See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount.