Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experience, and Labours in the Gospel of James Gough: Compiled from His Manuscriptsprinted at the Schools of Industry, 1832 - 350 pages |
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... my board , and such instruction as he might see I yet needed : which gave my mother great satisfaction . She accompanied me to his house at Skipton , in Yorkshire . And here I experienced the ad- vantage 8 1727 . THE LIFE OF.
... my board , and such instruction as he might see I yet needed : which gave my mother great satisfaction . She accompanied me to his house at Skipton , in Yorkshire . And here I experienced the ad- vantage 8 1727 . THE LIFE OF.
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... gave me leave to return to Kendal to see my re- lations . He made me the bearer also of a letter to my father , wherein he signified , that consi- dering my years , he approved of my qualifica- tions and conduct , and offered wages for ...
... gave me leave to return to Kendal to see my re- lations . He made me the bearer also of a letter to my father , wherein he signified , that consi- dering my years , he approved of my qualifica- tions and conduct , and offered wages for ...
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... gave occasion of such remarks to their dis- honour , and took up a resolution to continue steady in my old plain way . And I do not know that I suffered any external disadvantage by it : and if I had , the cause of truth is worth ...
... gave occasion of such remarks to their dis- honour , and took up a resolution to continue steady in my old plain way . And I do not know that I suffered any external disadvantage by it : and if I had , the cause of truth is worth ...
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... gave them up . For I now saw that I must shut out and leave behind me what others generally crave and pursue , viz . The vain desires and delights , which lead away the mind from that great Being , who wooes us to true happiness . And ...
... gave them up . For I now saw that I must shut out and leave behind me what others generally crave and pursue , viz . The vain desires and delights , which lead away the mind from that great Being , who wooes us to true happiness . And ...
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... gave away my inward strength and fortitude for walking faithfully , as Sampson gave away his to Delilah ; yet I still bore a good charactor , and many looked upon me as a young man of steady conduct ; but by a painful feeling of my own ...
... gave away my inward strength and fortitude for walking faithfully , as Sampson gave away his to Delilah ; yet I still bore a good charactor , and many looked upon me as a young man of steady conduct ; but by a painful feeling of my own ...
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Page 262 - 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. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves...
Page 217 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Page 277 - Behold I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in, and sup with him and he with me.
Page 234 - 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 114 - 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 213 - 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 278 - 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 ix - I will dwell in them, and walk in them ; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore, come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing ; and I will receive you, and I will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Page 207 - 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.
Page 41 - ... his convincement of our principles, inclining him to go to our meetings, which, before he had an aversion to the thoughts of, from the prejudice above hinted. In those days the meetings of friends were more eminently favoured with divine power, as they lived more devoted to Christ ; and consequently more abounding with his love flowing in their hearts.