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... friends , of what they have heard her express in her life- time . She was of an intelligent family : there could be nothing in her education that tended to enthusiasm , but rather to the contrary extreme . It is in no wise the temper of ...
... friends , of what they have heard her express in her life- time . She was of an intelligent family : there could be nothing in her education that tended to enthusiasm , but rather to the contrary extreme . It is in no wise the temper of ...
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... friends there prevailed upon to withdraw so strict and absolute a prohibition , he was pleased finally to yield so far as that " his papers should be left in my hands , that I might dispose of them as I thought would be most for God's ...
... friends there prevailed upon to withdraw so strict and absolute a prohibition , he was pleased finally to yield so far as that " his papers should be left in my hands , that I might dispose of them as I thought would be most for God's ...
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... friends : BRAINERD was one of this company . And it once happened , that he and two or three more of these intimate friends were in the hall together , after Mr. Whittelsey , one of the tutors , had been to prayer there with the ...
... friends : BRAINERD was one of this company . And it once happened , that he and two or three more of these intimate friends were in the hall together , after Mr. Whittelsey , one of the tutors , had been to prayer there with the ...
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... friends , and for the enlargement of Christ's kingdom in the world .--- Much of the power of these divine enjoyments remained with me through the day .--- In the even- ing my heart seemed to melt , and , I trust , was really humbled for ...
... friends , and for the enlargement of Christ's kingdom in the world .--- Much of the power of these divine enjoyments remained with me through the day .--- In the even- ing my heart seemed to melt , and , I trust , was really humbled for ...
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... friends there ; and had comfort in joining in prayer with them , and hearing of the goodness of God to them , since I last saw them . Tuesday , May 11. I rode from New - Haven to Weathers- field ; was very dull most of the day ; had ...
... friends there ; and had comfort in joining in prayer with them , and hearing of the goodness of God to them , since I last saw them . Tuesday , May 11. I rode from New - Haven to Weathers- field ; was very dull most of the day ; had ...
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Page 338 - Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ ; what was I, that I could withstand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Page 173 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Page 236 - And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. And behold there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem...
Page 104 - Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Page 512 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 512 - Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Page 257 - I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Page 353 - And how evident did it now appear that they received and felt them, "not as the word of man, but as the word of God!
Page 201 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 40 - And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.