An Historical Sketch of the First Church in Boston: From Its Formation to the Present Period. To which are Added Two Sermons, One on Leaving the Old, and the Other on Entering the New House of Worship |
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... truth and the publick quiet were put in opposite scales . Through the influence of the dominant party , a man , named Greensmith , was censured by the general court for saying , that all the ministers , excepting two , were principled ...
... truth and the publick quiet were put in opposite scales . Through the influence of the dominant party , a man , named Greensmith , was censured by the general court for saying , that all the ministers , excepting two , were principled ...
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... truth will eventually triumph over faction and falsehood . In truth , the temper of the times had begun to soften , and , if theological combatants had lost none of their inward bitterness , they had yet learned to contend with better ...
... truth will eventually triumph over faction and falsehood . In truth , the temper of the times had begun to soften , and , if theological combatants had lost none of their inward bitterness , they had yet learned to contend with better ...
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... truth . He carried with him to the tomb the unutterable regrets of his friends ; and every individual of an afflicted community was ready to adopt the words of Elisha , when he beheld the ascending prophet , " My father , my father ...
... truth . He carried with him to the tomb the unutterable regrets of his friends ; and every individual of an afflicted community was ready to adopt the words of Elisha , when he beheld the ascending prophet , " My father , my father ...
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... truth was disgracefully manifest , about this period , in the sufferings of the baptists . At the very moment , when congregationalists were writhing beneath the lashes of persecution in England , they seemed determined in this country ...
... truth was disgracefully manifest , about this period , in the sufferings of the baptists . At the very moment , when congregationalists were writhing beneath the lashes of persecution in England , they seemed determined in this country ...
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... truth respect- ing Mr. D's dismission was never told them that parts only of letters were read , which ought to have been fully exposed ; and that the publick were not ingenuously dealt with upon the sub- ject . It was denied by Mr. D ...
... truth respect- ing Mr. D's dismission was never told them that parts only of letters were read , which ought to have been fully exposed ; and that the publick were not ingenuously dealt with upon the sub- ject . It was denied by Mr. D ...
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Page 133 - Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to "Whom be glory for ever and ever, amen
Page 205 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 167 - Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me...
Page 223 - Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Page 182 - Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 231 - Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
Page 133 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant...
Page 233 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 6 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the...
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