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 ...S. Andrus & son, 1855 |
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Page xxix
... better men than their predecessor , but there seems to have been an accumulation of fame attached to each , something in proportion to the amount and number of their literary pro- ductions ; for , while the first of the series , the Rev ...
... better men than their predecessor , but there seems to have been an accumulation of fame attached to each , something in proportion to the amount and number of their literary pro- ductions ; for , while the first of the series , the Rev ...
Page xxxix
... better , in our opinion , than to read Dr. Eliot's notice of him in his New Eng . Biographical Dictionary . For neatness , truthfulness , and elegance , it is nothing short of the superlative degree . The article in Dr. Allen's Amer ...
... better , in our opinion , than to read Dr. Eliot's notice of him in his New Eng . Biographical Dictionary . For neatness , truthfulness , and elegance , it is nothing short of the superlative degree . The article in Dr. Allen's Amer ...
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... better reformation of the Church of God , than it hath yet appeared in the world . For by this Essay it may be seen , that a farther practical reformation than that which began at the first coming out of the darkness of Popery , was ...
... better reformation of the Church of God , than it hath yet appeared in the world . For by this Essay it may be seen , that a farther practical reformation than that which began at the first coming out of the darkness of Popery , was ...
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... better reformation , the sincere , though weak endeavours of the servants of God , that went before them , will be also accepted of the saints in those times of greater light and holiness , that are to come ; and when the Lord shall ...
... better reformation , the sincere , though weak endeavours of the servants of God , that went before them , will be also accepted of the saints in those times of greater light and holiness , that are to come ; and when the Lord shall ...
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... better than the incomparable Thuanus , yet learned men have said of his work , what they never shall truly say of ours , that it con- tains mulla falsissima et indigna . † I find Erasmus himself mistaking one man for two , when writing ...
... better than the incomparable Thuanus , yet learned men have said of his work , what they never shall truly say of ours , that it con- tains mulla falsissima et indigna . † I find Erasmus himself mistaking one man for two , when writing ...
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