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... FALSELY ACCUSED AND IMPRISONED In Norwich Jail , for two years , on the charge of Crimes said to have been committed in the town of Gris- wold , in the county of New London , when he was not within about ONE HUNDRED MILES OF THE PLACE ...
... FALSELY ACCUSED AND IMPRISONED In Norwich Jail , for two years , on the charge of Crimes said to have been committed in the town of Gris- wold , in the county of New London , when he was not within about ONE HUNDRED MILES OF THE PLACE ...
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... false repre- sentations and by palpable perjuries , has been made a victim to ecclesiastical denunciations and civil prosecutions when the privileges arising from civil liberty and religious freedom have been wrested from him , he still ...
... false repre- sentations and by palpable perjuries , has been made a victim to ecclesiastical denunciations and civil prosecutions when the privileges arising from civil liberty and religious freedom have been wrested from him , he still ...
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... to their last breath ; and it is now beyond a doubt that they were falsely accused and unjustly condemned , and that the building was burnt by one Salter , who , it is said , has since 5 confessed it . It is not long since a 4 ...
... to their last breath ; and it is now beyond a doubt that they were falsely accused and unjustly condemned , and that the building was burnt by one Salter , who , it is said , has since 5 confessed it . It is not long since a 4 ...
Page 5
... falsely , and to commit perjury , which had broken her peace of mind , and caused her more sorrow , trouble , and tears , than all the transactions of her life beside . This her confession and testimony were supported by the testimony ...
... falsely , and to commit perjury , which had broken her peace of mind , and caused her more sorrow , trouble , and tears , than all the transactions of her life beside . This her confession and testimony were supported by the testimony ...
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... false and scandalous accu- sations charged upon me , there never was , so far as I know or believe , a stain or even suspicion of immorality fixed upon my father or mother , grandfather or grandmother , brother or sister . Perhaps there ...
... false and scandalous accu- sations charged upon me , there never was , so far as I know or believe , a stain or even suspicion of immorality fixed upon my father or mother , grandfather or grandmother , brother or sister . Perhaps there ...
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Popular passages
Page 236 - We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us.
Page 235 - ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of thy tender mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption, who made there (by his one oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world...
Page 6 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 25 - THEREFORE with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts ! heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high.
Page 21 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 206 - ALMIGHTY GOD, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 80 - GOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy ; Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal : Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake our Lord. Amen.
Page 235 - From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions.
Page 11 - LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAYS, AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS THOUGHTS: AND LET HIM RETURN UNTO THE LORD, AND HE WILL HAVE MERCY UPON HIM; AND TO OUR GOD, FOR HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON.
Page 11 - The Grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...