The exemplary life and character of James BonnellRivington, 1814 - 287 pages |
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... himself ; to get above the efteem and fear of men ; to inflame his foul with the love of God , and fix every virtue there . And al- though every inftance given us of his piety , might be fully proved by many more teftimo- nies , than it ...
... himself ; to get above the efteem and fear of men ; to inflame his foul with the love of God , and fix every virtue there . And al- though every inftance given us of his piety , might be fully proved by many more teftimo- nies , than it ...
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... himself . His tafte of what was excellent , was fo curious , that I do not remember him miftaken in any author ; or that the excellencies or failures of any that he read escaped him . For I must confefs myself unable to undertake fuch ...
... himself . His tafte of what was excellent , was fo curious , that I do not remember him miftaken in any author ; or that the excellencies or failures of any that he read escaped him . For I must confefs myself unable to undertake fuch ...
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... the Low Countries , tranfported himself and his family into England , and fettled at Norwich ; where he was fo well received , and fo much efteemed , B His fa- ther's cha- racter . up efteemed , as THE EXEMPLARY PART.
... the Low Countries , tranfported himself and his family into England , and fettled at Norwich ; where he was fo well received , and fo much efteemed , B His fa- ther's cha- racter . up efteemed , as THE EXEMPLARY PART.
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... himself to me concern- ing him ; He then fignalized himself for fweetnefs of humour and good nature , and 6 was from a child of a moft innocent and gentle behaviour , never inclined to any vice , but ftri & tly religious , and extraordi ...
... himself to me concern- ing him ; He then fignalized himself for fweetnefs of humour and good nature , and 6 was from a child of a moft innocent and gentle behaviour , never inclined to any vice , but ftri & tly religious , and extraordi ...
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... himself . So I practifed the directions which my books gave me , and endeavoured to prepare my- felf according to my light and ability . My notions of it were obfcure , for the books I had read were fo , and very allegorical . Yet I ...
... himself . So I practifed the directions which my books gave me , and endeavoured to prepare my- felf according to my light and ability . My notions of it were obfcure , for the books I had read were fo , and very allegorical . Yet I ...
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Page 265 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion ; and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven ; and to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Page 183 - ... brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?
Page 39 - For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me...
Page 280 - ... eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man to conceive, the things which God has prepared for them that love him; — nor yet, I may add, the wrath which he has prepared for those who do not love him.
Page 58 - What shall we do then? 11 He answereth, and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Page 274 - Chapter, the four and twenty Elders fall down before him that fat on the Throne, and worfhip him that liveth for ever and ever, and caft their Crowns before the Throne, faying, Thou art worthy, 0 Lord, to receive Glory and Honour and Power ; for thou haft created all Things, and for thy Pleafure they are and •were created.
Page 43 - Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea.
Page 265 - ... and. the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more ; (for they could not endure that which was commanded, and if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart : and so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake...
Page 46 - Here is the patience of the faints: here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jefus.