Sketches of the Life of the Late, Rev. Samuel Hopkins, D.D., Pastor of the First Congregational Church in NewportHudson and Goodwin, 1805 - 240 pages |
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... when we reflect , that there is no divine promife , that the fuccefs of ministerial labors among a people , shall be in proportion to the wisdom and fidelity with which they are difcharged ; this ought to be con- X INTRODUCTION .
... when we reflect , that there is no divine promife , that the fuccefs of ministerial labors among a people , shall be in proportion to the wisdom and fidelity with which they are difcharged ; this ought to be con- X INTRODUCTION .
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... ministers of the gofpet to application , to duty and to faithfulness , and to more conftant , earnest prayerfulness to God -That these may be the happy effects of the publication of the following " life , " is the defire and prayer of ...
... ministers of the gofpet to application , to duty and to faithfulness , and to more conftant , earnest prayerfulness to God -That these may be the happy effects of the publication of the following " life , " is the defire and prayer of ...
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... minister or a fabbath - day - man , alluding to my being born on the sabbath . I was the first child of my parents that lived . They had one before , which was not alive when born , or died as foon as born . My mother was twenty years ...
... minister or a fabbath - day - man , alluding to my being born on the sabbath . I was the first child of my parents that lived . They had one before , which was not alive when born , or died as foon as born . My mother was twenty years ...
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... ministers and people . Some confidered it as an evil work , in the whole of it . Others allowed there was fome good attending it but objected greatly to many things which took place and were practised by the friends and fubjects of the ...
... ministers and people . Some confidered it as an evil work , in the whole of it . Others allowed there was fome good attending it but objected greatly to many things which took place and were practised by the friends and fubjects of the ...
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... minister ; where I continued preaching most of the time till the next May . The greater part of the people appeared attentive and in some measure engaged in religion ; but there were fome oppofers of the late revival of religion , and ...
... minister ; where I continued preaching most of the time till the next May . The greater part of the people appeared attentive and in some measure engaged in religion ; but there were fome oppofers of the late revival of religion , and ...
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Page 176 - For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 212 - Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it. It is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but — he shall be saved out of it.
Page 173 - And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Page 169 - Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Page 176 - And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
Page 80 - And the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
Page 212 - For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of Hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: but they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
Page 226 - And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
Page 176 - And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Page 201 - We are of God : he that knoweth God heareth us ; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.