A History of the West Indies: Containing the Natural, Civil, and Ecclesiastical History of Each Island; with an Account of the Missions Instituted in Those Islands, from the Commencement of Their Civilization, But More Especially of the Missions which Have Been Established in that Archipelago by the Society Late in Connexion with the Rev. John Wesley, 1. köideNuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, 1808 |
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... have sometimes been content to adopt without alte ration what was thus furnished to my hands , " Edwards ' West Indies , Preface , 1st Edition , p . 10 ment . The present undertaking may therefore be considered as enter- ing 14 PREFACE .
... have sometimes been content to adopt without alte ration what was thus furnished to my hands , " Edwards ' West Indies , Preface , 1st Edition , p . 10 ment . The present undertaking may therefore be considered as enter- ing 14 PREFACE .
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... hands it may occasionally fall . Above all preceding histories of the West Indies , this will have one ex- clusive advantage , that , while in common with theirs it exa- mines nature in her warmest recesses , it describes the progress ...
... hands it may occasionally fall . Above all preceding histories of the West Indies , this will have one ex- clusive advantage , that , while in common with theirs it exa- mines nature in her warmest recesses , it describes the progress ...
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... hands of God , of accomplishing the salvation of myriads . When they survey these myriads in former years , sinking un- der barbarism and ignorance , a prey to every enormity , and ut- terly destitute of that consolation which the ...
... hands of God , of accomplishing the salvation of myriads . When they survey these myriads in former years , sinking un- der barbarism and ignorance , a prey to every enormity , and ut- terly destitute of that consolation which the ...
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... hand which administers , or ar- raigning that justice which distributes , is perhaps the greatest evidence of divine grace that we can expect from God , on this side an eternal state . Yet such is the condition of the negroes in these ...
... hand which administers , or ar- raigning that justice which distributes , is perhaps the greatest evidence of divine grace that we can expect from God , on this side an eternal state . Yet such is the condition of the negroes in these ...
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... hands , that he , " through the foolishness of preaching , might save them that believe , " and bestow spiritual liberty on those who were in bondage and in chains . Without entering into any minute ex- planation of doctrines ; or ...
... hands , that he , " through the foolishness of preaching , might save them that believe , " and bestow spiritual liberty on those who were in bondage and in chains . Without entering into any minute ex- planation of doctrines ; or ...
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Page 64 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies: The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Page 111 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 111 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Page 56 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...
Page 243 - IN FRANCE, BUT LEFT THAT COUNTRY FOR HIS RELIGION AND CAME TO SETTLE IN THIS ISLAND, WHERE HE WAS SWALLOWED UP IN THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN THE YEAR 1692 AND BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD WAS BY ANOTHER SHOCK THROWN INTO THE SEA, AND MIRACULOUSLY SAVED BY SWIMMING UNTIL A BOAT TOOK HIM UP; HE LIVED MANY YEARS AFTER IN GREAT REPUTATION, BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM, AND MUCH LAMENTED AT HIS DEATH...
Page 112 - Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves ; who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 153 - And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
Page 153 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.
Page 117 - Whether you are divinities or mortal men, we know not. You have come into these countries with a force against which, were we inclined to resist it, resistance would be folly: we are all therefore at your mercy. But if you are men subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to good and bad men. If therefore you expect to die and believe with us that...
Page 64 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light ; When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene...