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... there we shall be perfectly “ happy : There neither your doubts and fears , nor “
my pains and sorrows , shall follow us , nor our “ sins , which is best of all . ” After
a long continuance in his languishing condition , without any sensible alteration ...
... there we shall be perfectly “ happy : There neither your doubts and fears , nor “
my pains and sorrows , shall follow us , nor our “ sins , which is best of all . ” After
a long continuance in his languishing condition , without any sensible alteration ...
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After this season of illumination and rejoicing , he en . dured many severe
conflicts ; without were fightings , and within were fears . One of the first trials of
his faith and constancy was that of some professors holding the truth in
unrighteousness ...
After this season of illumination and rejoicing , he en . dured many severe
conflicts ; without were fightings , and within were fears . One of the first trials of
his faith and constancy was that of some professors holding the truth in
unrighteousness ...
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He remarks , that while he was thus exercised with the workings of corruptions
and the fear of damnation , he was surprised at two things ; the one was , to see
old people hunting after the things of this life , as if they should live here always ...
He remarks , that while he was thus exercised with the workings of corruptions
and the fear of damnation , he was surprised at two things ; the one was , to see
old people hunting after the things of this life , as if they should live here always ...
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A Treatise of the Fear of God . LII . The Greatness of the Soul and the
Unspeakableness of its loss : Preached at Pinnershall , 1683 . LIII . Advice to
Sufferers , 1684 . ( Besides XLIII . the Seasonable Counsel , & c . ) LIV . A holy
Life the Beauty of ...
A Treatise of the Fear of God . LII . The Greatness of the Soul and the
Unspeakableness of its loss : Preached at Pinnershall , 1683 . LIII . Advice to
Sufferers , 1684 . ( Besides XLIII . the Seasonable Counsel , & c . ) LIV . A holy
Life the Beauty of ...
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... and his fear of exposing himself to the censure of many , on the account of his
wanting academical education , honours , and dignities ; yet , expecting to be so
quickly in another world , the great concernments of miserable souls prevailed ...
... and his fear of exposing himself to the censure of many , on the account of his
wanting academical education , honours , and dignities ; yet , expecting to be so
quickly in another world , the great concernments of miserable souls prevailed ...
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Page 372 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering. Forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 249 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window and cried through the lattice Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Page 191 - I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand.
Page 260 - And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Page 206 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 408 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment...
Page 7 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation or mental evasion or secret reservation whatsoever: And I do make this recognition and acknowledgment heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian, So help me God.
Page 245 - My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth among the lilies. Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe Or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Page 254 - He was, as he hints in his Miscellanies, a maker of verses from fifteen to fifty, and in his youth he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry. His verses to his brother, in the glyconick measure, written when he was seventeen, are remarkably easy and elegant.
Page 265 - The stone which the builders refused is become the head-stone of the corner. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
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| Title | Evangelical Biography: Or, An Historical Account of the Lives & Deaths of the Most Eminent and Evangelical Authors Or Preachers, Both British and Foreign, in the Several Denominations of Protestants, from the Beginning of the Reformation to the Present Time ... Volume 4 of Evangelical Biography: Or, An Historical Account of the Lives & Deaths of the Most Eminent and Evangelical Authors Or Preachers, Both British and Foreign, in the Several Denominations of Protestants, from the Beginning of the Reformation to the Present Time, Erasmus Middleton Volume 4 of Evangelical biography, Erasmus Middleton |
| Author | Erasmus Middleton |
| Publisher | W. Baynes, 1816 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Aug 2005 |
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