An account of the life of ... John Richardson1832 |
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... attended ; and as it was the care of the elders , and other friends concerned for the welfare of the youth , to encourage them very early to attend the meetings of discipline for their improvement in virtue and sobriety ; I at- tended ...
... attended ; and as it was the care of the elders , and other friends concerned for the welfare of the youth , to encourage them very early to attend the meetings of discipline for their improvement in virtue and sobriety ; I at- tended ...
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... attend such meetings , and at all other times . ( 1727. ) Being arrived at my fifteenth year , my mother was anxious to have me put to some business . Through her persuasion my father in the course of his travels , spoke to David Hall ...
... attend such meetings , and at all other times . ( 1727. ) Being arrived at my fifteenth year , my mother was anxious to have me put to some business . Through her persuasion my father in the course of his travels , spoke to David Hall ...
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... attended the yearly meeting at London , and then the care of the scholars in and out of school lay heavy on me . Both before my coming to Skipton , and while I was there , I often had fresh desires kindled in my heart after redemption ...
... attended the yearly meeting at London , and then the care of the scholars in and out of school lay heavy on me . Both before my coming to Skipton , and while I was there , I often had fresh desires kindled in my heart after redemption ...
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... attending to every step in my business , and the duties of my station . But soon , too soon , the fervour of this sacred flame , abated , and I gra- dually fell back , and became just what I was before : yet I did not forget or wholly ...
... attending to every step in my business , and the duties of my station . But soon , too soon , the fervour of this sacred flame , abated , and I gra- dually fell back , and became just what I was before : yet I did not forget or wholly ...
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... attended it , and was raised up in a large and living tes- timony , whereby I was afresh reached , and con- siderably tendered , and thence proceeded on my way under revived impressions of good upon my mind to Worcester ; there I met ...
... attended it , and was raised up in a large and living tes- timony , whereby I was afresh reached , and con- siderably tendered , and thence proceeded on my way under revived impressions of good upon my mind to Worcester ; there I met ...
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Page 250 - Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 249 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 253 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Page 308 - ... but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands ; even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord ; whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
Page 280 - The like figure whereunto, even baptism, doth also now save us, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ...
Page 136 - As no one knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of a man that is in him ; so the manner of the things of God knoweth no one, save the Spirit of God.
Page 307 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 164 - the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church...
Page 324 - England, how he is come to answer his eating and drinking the passover and last supper with his disciples, saying, He would drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until he drank it new with them in his Father's kingdom. Now he that hath experienced what this eating and drinking is...
Page 243 - Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost as well as we ? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.