Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England; from Its First Planting, in the Year 1620, Unto the Year of Our Lord 1698. In Seven Books, Volume 1S. Andrus and son, 1855 |
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... fears of the English , 56 ; treaty with , 215 ; murder of one , 314 ; kill a young man who had abused his father , 315 ; Jesuits ' catechism for , 572 ; at Harvard col . ii . 31 ; destruction of the Wam- panoag , 390 ; at Martha's ...
... fears of the English , 56 ; treaty with , 215 ; murder of one , 314 ; kill a young man who had abused his father , 315 ; Jesuits ' catechism for , 572 ; at Harvard col . ii . 31 ; destruction of the Wam- panoag , 390 ; at Martha's ...
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... fear of the English , 56 ; refusal of the Christian religion punished , ii ..... 390 49 Ounsakes , Phill . squaw , interpreter , ii .. 626 Nash , John , mag . of Connecticut , .. 163 Neat cattle , the first in N. England ,. 60 ...
... fear of the English , 56 ; refusal of the Christian religion punished , ii ..... 390 49 Ounsakes , Phill . squaw , interpreter , ii .. 626 Nash , John , mag . of Connecticut , .. 163 Neat cattle , the first in N. England ,. 60 ...
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... fear of God bear witness to the truth of it ; viz : That this present church - history of New - England , com- piled by Mr. Cotton Mather , for the substance , end , and scope of it , is , as far as I have been acquainted therewithall ...
... fear of God bear witness to the truth of it ; viz : That this present church - history of New - England , com- piled by Mr. Cotton Mather , for the substance , end , and scope of it , is , as far as I have been acquainted therewithall ...
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... fears , the consolations of God refresh our souls , that all those that in simplicity and godly sincerity do serve the Lord , and his people in their generation ( though they should miss it in some things ) they shall deliver their own ...
... fears , the consolations of God refresh our souls , that all those that in simplicity and godly sincerity do serve the Lord , and his people in their generation ( though they should miss it in some things ) they shall deliver their own ...
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... fear : They no Lycurgus , Numa , Solon knew , To frame their code , and fix its sanctions too . Self - will alone was law : but now we see Our royal charters sent across the sea , To teach our wills their loyal bond to own To England's ...
... fear : They no Lycurgus , Numa , Solon knew , To frame their code , and fix its sanctions too . Self - will alone was law : but now we see Our royal charters sent across the sea , To teach our wills their loyal bond to own To England's ...
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Page 14 - If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways : then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Page 93 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God...
Page 273 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Page 341 - But I say unto you, It shall ,be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 14 - The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not leave us nor forsake us; that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
Page 398 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 25 - I WRITE the WONDERS of the CHRISTIAN RELIGION, flying from the depravations of Europe, to the American Strand; and, assisted by the Holy Author of that Religion, I do with all conscience of Truth, required therein by Him, who is the Truth itself, report the wonderful displays of His infinite Power, Wisdom, Goodness, and Faithfulness, wherewith His Divine Providence hath irradiated an Indian Wilderness.
Page 227 - For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Page 82 - The primitive christians, it is said, walked in the fear of God, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost.
Page 96 - That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; Who should arise and declare them to their children : that they might set their hope in God ; And not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...