Memoir of Roger Williams: The Founder of the State of Rhode-IslandLincoln, Edmands, 1834 - 437 pages |
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... inhabitant of Providence , in New Eng- land , and author of ( 1 ) A Key to the Language of New - England , Lon- don , 1643 , oct . ( 2 ) The Hireling Ministry none of Christ's , or a Discourse of the Propagation of the Gospel of Christ ...
... inhabitant of Providence , in New Eng- land , and author of ( 1 ) A Key to the Language of New - England , Lon- don , 1643 , oct . ( 2 ) The Hireling Ministry none of Christ's , or a Discourse of the Propagation of the Gospel of Christ ...
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... inhabitants of the metropolis were very great . Sickness swept many of them into the grave . The weather during the winter was extremely se- vere , and provisions were so scarce , that the inhabitants were in imminent peril of ...
... inhabitants of the metropolis were very great . Sickness swept many of them into the grave . The weather during the winter was extremely se- vere , and provisions were so scarce , that the inhabitants were in imminent peril of ...
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... inhabitants of the metropolis , and that of the little company of suffering exiles in 1630 , forces itself on our minds . They were few in number . They had no suitable dwell- other respects , as their scant provisions would permit ...
... inhabitants of the metropolis , and that of the little company of suffering exiles in 1630 , forces itself on our minds . They were few in number . They had no suitable dwell- other respects , as their scant provisions would permit ...
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... inhabitants . That little company has swelled to more than sixty thou- sand . Those forests , which then covered the hills and val- lies , are gone ; the ocean has been driven back from much of the space over which it then rolled ; and ...
... inhabitants . That little company has swelled to more than sixty thou- sand . Those forests , which then covered the hills and val- lies , are gone ; the ocean has been driven back from much of the space over which it then rolled ; and ...
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... inhabitants , among whom Messrs . John and Samuel Brown were the principal men , opposed the new church , because the liturgy of the Church of England was re- jected . * They accordingly formed another society , in which the book of ...
... inhabitants , among whom Messrs . John and Samuel Brown were the principal men , opposed the new church , because the liturgy of the Church of England was re- jected . * They accordingly formed another society , in which the book of ...
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Page 357 - Who is that mysterious Word, that was " in the beginning, with God ? " Who is the " Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, the first and the last...
Page 302 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 422 - ... to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind, and the Christian faith, which in our royal intention, and the adventurers' free profession, is the principal end of this plantation.
Page 277 - ... should preach or write, that there ought to be no commanders or officers, because all are equal in Christ, therefore no masters nor officers, no laws nor orders, no corrections nor punishments ; I say I never denied, but in such cases, whatever is pretended, the commander or commanders may judge, resist, compel, and punish such transgressors, according to their deserts and merits.
Page 316 - That our royal will and pleasure is, that no person within the said colony, at any time hereafter, shall be any wise molested, punished, disquieted, or called in question, for any differences in opinion in matters of religion...
Page 419 - England, or take or subscribe the oaths and articles made and established in that behalf; and for that the same, by reason of the remote distances of those places, will (as we hope) be no breach of the unity and uniformity established in this nation...
Page 40 - ... we desire you would be pleased to take notice of the principals and body of our company, as those who esteem it our honor to call the Church of England, from whence we rise, our dear mother ; and cannot part from our native country, where she specially resideth, without much sadness of heart and many tears in our eyes...
Page 143 - We whose names are underwritten do here solemnly in the presence of Jehovah, incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick, and as he shall help, will .submit our persons, lives and estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of his given us in his holy word of truth, to be guided and judged thereby.
Page 118 - It pleased the Father of spirits to touch many hearts, dear to him, with some relentings; amongst which, that great and pious soul, Mr. Winslow, melted, and kindly visited me, at Providence, and put a piece of gold into the hands of my wife, for our supply.
Page 262 - It pleased the Lord to call me for some time, and with some persons, to practise the Hebrew, the Greek, Latin, French and Dutch. The Secretary of the Council, (Mr. Milton) for my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages.