Narrative of Many Surprising Conversions in Northampton and Vicinity, Written in 1736, Together with Some Thoughts on the Revival in New England Written in 1740 ... |
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... speak slightly of vital and experimental religion , were now generally subject to great awakenings . And the work of conversion was carried on in a most astonishing manner , and increased more and more ; souls did , as it were , come by ...
... speak slightly of vital and experimental religion , were now generally subject to great awakenings . And the work of conversion was carried on in a most astonishing manner , and increased more and more ; souls did , as it were , come by ...
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... speak of , are commonly at- tended with firm resolutions to pursue this good forever , together with a hoping , waiting disposition . When per- sons have begun in such frames , commonly other expe- riences and discoveries have soon ...
... speak of , are commonly at- tended with firm resolutions to pursue this good forever , together with a hoping , waiting disposition . When per- sons have begun in such frames , commonly other expe- riences and discoveries have soon ...
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... Persons after their conversion often speak of things of religion as ' seeming new to them ; that preaching is a new thing ; that it seems to them they never heard preach- ing before ; that the Bible is a new book SURPRISING CONVERSIONS .
... Persons after their conversion often speak of things of religion as ' seeming new to them ; that preaching is a new thing ; that it seems to them they never heard preach- ing before ; that the Bible is a new book SURPRISING CONVERSIONS .
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... speak of the glory of God's perfections , and the wonderfulness of his grace in Christ , and their own un- worthiness , in such a manner that cannot be perfectly expressed after them . Their sense of their exceeding littleness and ...
... speak of the glory of God's perfections , and the wonderfulness of his grace in Christ , and their own un- worthiness , in such a manner that cannot be perfectly expressed after them . Their sense of their exceeding littleness and ...
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... speak of , is that to which none is to be parallelled ; is that which they find when they are lowest in the dust , emptied most of themselves , and as it were annihilating themselves before God , when they are nothing , and God is all ...
... speak of , is that to which none is to be parallelled ; is that which they find when they are lowest in the dust , emptied most of themselves , and as it were annihilating themselves before God , when they are nothing , and God is all ...
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Page 343 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Page 316 - When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Page 240 - Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Page 158 - And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Page 323 - Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Page 150 - Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 162 - Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
Page 151 - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Page 353 - And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 311 - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.