Memoirs of the Rev. John Rodgers, D. D.: Late Pastor of the Wall-street and Brick Churches in the City of New-YorkWhiting and Watson, theological and classical booksellers. J. Seymour, printer., 1813 - New York (N.Y.) - 432 pages |
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... public worship in his im- mediate neighbourhood , and that a large portion Several of these laws were afterwards repealed , or their penalties mitigated ; but they remained severe un- til the revolution . We are accustomed to smile at ...
... public worship in his im- mediate neighbourhood , and that a large portion Several of these laws were afterwards repealed , or their penalties mitigated ; but they remained severe un- til the revolution . We are accustomed to smile at ...
Page 68
... worship soon became too small to ac- commodate the people , and was enlarged ; but not long afterwards , it was still found insufficient to contain the numbers who crowded to public President Davies , in 1761 , Dr. Finley was chosen his ...
... worship soon became too small to ac- commodate the people , and was enlarged ; but not long afterwards , it was still found insufficient to contain the numbers who crowded to public President Davies , in 1761 , Dr. Finley was chosen his ...
Page 87
... public worship , it became ne- cessary to make a considerable addition to their house of worship ; and even after the building was enlarged , the aisles , the doors , and even the windows , were frequently filled with auditors , Such ...
... public worship , it became ne- cessary to make a considerable addition to their house of worship ; and even after the building was enlarged , the aisles , the doors , and even the windows , were frequently filled with auditors , Such ...
Page 92
... public worship of God on sabbath afternoons , may with confidence be pronounced to be languid and declin- ing in its spiritual condition . The excellent minister whose memory we are endeavouring to honour , when- ever he remarked a ...
... public worship of God on sabbath afternoons , may with confidence be pronounced to be languid and declin- ing in its spiritual condition . The excellent minister whose memory we are endeavouring to honour , when- ever he remarked a ...
Page 98
... public worship , with great punctuality , at Mr. Rodgers ' lower , or Forest church , near Middletown , and looked up to the pastor as his patron and friend . Things had been going on in this happy and promising manner for a number of ...
... public worship , with great punctuality , at Mr. Rodgers ' lower , or Forest church , near Middletown , and looked up to the pastor as his patron and friend . Things had been going on in this happy and promising manner for a number of ...
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Page 366 - For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, the mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
Page 374 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 351 - And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Page 358 - And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel ; but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them ; and they were smitten before Israel.
Page 297 - And what shall I more say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets...
Page 361 - And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Page 370 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Page 358 - Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
Page 352 - Some trust in chariots, and some in horses : but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Page 359 - ... though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.