Historical Collections: Being a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c., Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Massachusetts, with Geographical Descriptions |
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... Joseph , Rev. , inscription , 36 Bug , singular account of , 108 Groton attacked by Indians , . 391 Bunker Hill battle , 368 Burk , Major John , journal of , 236 Hale , old Mr. , singularities of , Harvard , Rev. John , 259 355 ...
... Joseph , Rev. , inscription , 36 Bug , singular account of , 108 Groton attacked by Indians , . 391 Bunker Hill battle , 368 Burk , Major John , journal of , 236 Hale , old Mr. , singularities of , Harvard , Rev. John , 259 355 ...
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... Joseph Green , the worthy pastor of this church . As a gentleman , a friend , a Christian , and minister , his character was greatly distinguished . His natural abilities were conspicuous , and much improved by study and application ...
... Joseph Green , the worthy pastor of this church . As a gentleman , a friend , a Christian , and minister , his character was greatly distinguished . His natural abilities were conspicuous , and much improved by study and application ...
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... Joseph Lord ordained ; he was suc- ceeded by Rev. Stephen Emery in 1749. Mr. Emery was suc- ceeded by Rev. Thomas Roby , who was ordained in 1783 , and dismissed by his request in 1795 ; the Rev. Ephraim Briggs was ordained the next ...
... Joseph Lord ordained ; he was suc- ceeded by Rev. Stephen Emery in 1749. Mr. Emery was suc- ceeded by Rev. Thomas Roby , who was ordained in 1783 , and dismissed by his request in 1795 ; the Rev. Ephraim Briggs was ordained the next ...
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... Joseph Lord ordained ; he was suc- ceeded by Rev. Stephen Emery in 1749. Mr. Emery was suc- ceeded by Rev. Thomas Roby , who was ordained in 1783 , and dismissed by his request in 1795 ; the Rev. Ephraim Briggs was ordained the next ...
... Joseph Lord ordained ; he was suc- ceeded by Rev. Stephen Emery in 1749. Mr. Emery was suc- ceeded by Rev. Thomas Roby , who was ordained in 1783 , and dismissed by his request in 1795 ; the Rev. Ephraim Briggs was ordained the next ...
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... Joseph Metcalf , who graduated at Cambridge , was chosen minister . He died in 1723 , and was succeeded by Mr. Josiah Marshall . Rev. Samuel Palmer was ordained in 1731 , and was succeeded by Mr. Zebulon Butler , who was ordained in ...
... Joseph Metcalf , who graduated at Cambridge , was chosen minister . He died in 1723 , and was succeeded by Mr. Josiah Marshall . Rev. Samuel Palmer was ordained in 1731 , and was succeeded by Mr. Zebulon Butler , who was ordained in ...
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Page iii - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for •whose inspection nothing was too minute.
Page iii - Their palaces were houses not made with hands ; their diadems, crowns of glory which should never fade away. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt, for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language — nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.
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Page 259 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side: But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies. He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 218 - And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
Page 12 - God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politic, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.
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Page 256 - Thou frownest in vain: I never fled from the mighty in war. And shall the sons of the wind frighten the king of Morven? No: he knows the weakness of their arms!' 'Fly to thy land,' replied the form: 'receive the wind and fly!
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Page 12 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.