Letters to a young clergyman from the Rev. Mr. Job Orton, 3d edEddowes, 1805 |
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... fermons , that is , expounding . B 4 * I fup- See alfo Abp . HORT'S Inftructions to the Clergy , p . 24 , & c . and Abp . SECKER's third Charge to his Clergy . -- may * 1 fuppofe Dean STANHOPE'S Expofi- tion of L. 2 . 7 YOUNG CLERGYMAN .
... fermons , that is , expounding . B 4 * I fup- See alfo Abp . HORT'S Inftructions to the Clergy , p . 24 , & c . and Abp . SECKER's third Charge to his Clergy . -- may * 1 fuppofe Dean STANHOPE'S Expofi- tion of L. 2 . 7 YOUNG CLERGYMAN .
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Job Orton. -- may * 1 fuppofe Dean STANHOPE'S Expofi- tion of the Epiftles and Gofpels were . delivered in public , and also that of HOLE on the Catechifm , and others . At other feafons , it be advise- able to catechife in public , the ...
Job Orton. -- may * 1 fuppofe Dean STANHOPE'S Expofi- tion of the Epiftles and Gofpels were . delivered in public , and also that of HOLE on the Catechifm , and others . At other feafons , it be advise- able to catechife in public , the ...
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... tion to your acceptance of the curacy of Great - Cheverel . Your fphere of usefulness will be enlarged ; the in- habitants of that village and its en- virons will enjoy your labours , with- out being expofed to cenfure for rambling from ...
... tion to your acceptance of the curacy of Great - Cheverel . Your fphere of usefulness will be enlarged ; the in- habitants of that village and its en- virons will enjoy your labours , with- out being expofed to cenfure for rambling from ...
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... tion them on this head , and exhort and encourage them to go with you : and I hope and believe , they have such a regard to you and the doctor , and fo much fenfe of religion , at least decency , C 2 monument erected to his memory ...
... tion them on this head , and exhort and encourage them to go with you : and I hope and believe , they have such a regard to you and the doctor , and fo much fenfe of religion , at least decency , C 2 monument erected to his memory ...
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... tion or another world ; that others re- ceive benefit by our labours , that all are not difobedient to the word and unfruitful under our miniftry ; and that we shall be a sweet favour to God , accepted and approved of him , in them that ...
... tion or another world ; that others re- ceive benefit by our labours , that all are not difobedient to the word and unfruitful under our miniftry ; and that we shall be a sweet favour to God , accepted and approved of him , in them that ...
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Page v - I wished to be in, in the last minutes of my life. For that pattern which I saw in him, and for that conversation which I had with him, I know how much I have to answer to God : and though my reflecting on that which I knew in him gives me just cause of being deeply humbled in myself, and before God; yet I feel no more sensible pleasure in any thing, than in going over in my thoughts all that I saw and observed in him.
Page 145 - I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia ; for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 307 - Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. For one believeth that he may eat all things ; another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not ; and let not him which eateth not, judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.
Page 80 - And forced himself to drive: but loved to draw. For fear but freezes minds; but love, like heat, Exhales the soul sublime, to seek her native seat. To threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard, Wrapp'd in his crimes, against the storm prepared; But, when the milder beams of mercy play, He melts, and throws his cumbrous cloak away...
Page 46 - ... cut me to the heart, told me, that he had the prospect of death before him, and that he dreaded to meet his Saviour.
Page 6 - Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky...
Page 308 - God hath over all : and by the natural law, whereunto he hath made all subject, the lawful power of making laws, to command whole politic societies of men, belongeth so properly unto the same entire societies, that for any prince or potentate of what kind soever upon earth to exercise the same of himself, and not either by express commission immediately and personally received from God, or else by authority derived at the first from their consent upon whose persons they . impose laws, it is no better...
Page 316 - BAXTER was a man famous for weakness of body and strength of mind ; for having the strongest sense of religion himself, and exciting a sense of it in the thoughtless and profligate ; for preaching more sermons, engaging in more controversies, and writing more books, than any other Nonconformist of his age.
Page 314 - His practical writings were never mended, and his controversial ones seldom confuted." With a view to his casuistical writings, the honourable Robert Boyle, Esq declared, " He was the fittest man of the age for a casuist, because he feared no man's displeasure, nor hoped for any man's preferment." Bishop Wilkins observed of him, " that he had cultivated every subject he had handled ; that if he had lived in the primitive times, he would have been one of the fathers of the church...