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... teacher . While occupied thus usefully , he was much honored and admired for the strength and readi- ness of his mind , and for the vast extent of his reading . The sermons , which he occasionally preached in the University , were ...
... teacher . While occupied thus usefully , he was much honored and admired for the strength and readi- ness of his mind , and for the vast extent of his reading . The sermons , which he occasionally preached in the University , were ...
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... teaching to the wants of his hearers , and to ren- der it far more conducive to their spiritual good . If experience can prove any thing , it has abun- dantly proved that the judicious marriage of a clergyman greatly enhances his ...
... teaching to the wants of his hearers , and to ren- der it far more conducive to their spiritual good . If experience can prove any thing , it has abun- dantly proved that the judicious marriage of a clergyman greatly enhances his ...
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... teacher of his Church , had been infringed by substituting the teachings and traditions of men in the place of his instructions . The pure doc- trines of his Word were no longer taught or understood . Dogmas wholly subversive of them ...
... teacher of his Church , had been infringed by substituting the teachings and traditions of men in the place of his instructions . The pure doc- trines of his Word were no longer taught or understood . Dogmas wholly subversive of them ...
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... teach the saints only what he commanded them . And you know how many in this very nation , in the days not long since * Preface to Survey of Church Discipline . passed , yea , how many thousands left their na- 42 LIFE OF JOHN COTTON .
... teach the saints only what he commanded them . And you know how many in this very nation , in the days not long since * Preface to Survey of Church Discipline . passed , yea , how many thousands left their na- 42 LIFE OF JOHN COTTON .
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... teach what Christ had commanded them ; not the least intimation of any power given them to impose or require any thing , beyond what he himself had spoken to them , or they were directed to by the immediate guidance of the Spirit of God ...
... teach what Christ had commanded them ; not the least intimation of any power given them to impose or require any thing , beyond what he himself had spoken to them , or they were directed to by the immediate guidance of the Spirit of God ...
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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.