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Page 59
... seemed to be lively and easily moved , and I seemed to be in my element , when engaged in religious duties . And I am ready to think , many are deceived with such affections , and such a kind of delight as I then had in religion , and ...
... seemed to be lively and easily moved , and I seemed to be in my element , when engaged in religious duties . And I am ready to think , many are deceived with such affections , and such a kind of delight as I then had in religion , and ...
Page 60
... seemed to be proper , to express that concern by the name of terror . " From my childhood up , my mind had been full of objections against the doctrine of God's sovereignty , in choosing whom he would to eternal life , and rejecting ...
... seemed to be proper , to express that concern by the name of terror . " From my childhood up , my mind had been full of objections against the doctrine of God's sovereignty , in choosing whom he would to eternal life , and rejecting ...
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... seemed to me , sweetly to represent the loveliness and beauty of Jesus Christ . The whole book of Canticles used to be pleasant to me , and I used to be much in reading it , about that time ; and found , from time to time , an inward ...
... seemed to me , sweetly to represent the loveliness and beauty of Jesus Christ . The whole book of Canticles used to be pleasant to me , and I used to be much in reading it , about that time ; and found , from time to time , an inward ...
Page 62
... seemed natural for me to sing , or chant forth my medita- tions ; or , to speak my thoughts in soliloquies with a singing voice . " I felt then great satisfaction , as to my good estate ; but that did not content me . I had vehement ...
... seemed natural for me to sing , or chant forth my medita- tions ; or , to speak my thoughts in soliloquies with a singing voice . " I felt then great satisfaction , as to my good estate ; but that did not content me . I had vehement ...
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... seemed gradually to increase , till I went to preach at New - York ; which was about a year and a half after they began ; and while I was there , I felt them very sensibly , in a much higher degree , than I had done before . My longings ...
... seemed gradually to increase , till I went to preach at New - York ; which was about a year and a half after they began ; and while I was there , I felt them very sensibly , in a much higher degree , than I had done before . My longings ...
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Page 212 - And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Page 85 - For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Page 251 - I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
Page 212 - And the seventh Angel sounded ; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, " The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 56 - Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 212 - And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Page 634 - And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Page 634 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Page 415 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 130 - My wickedness, as I am in myself, has long appeared to me perfectly ineffable, and swallowing up all thought and imagination ; like an infinite deluge, or mountains over my head. I know not how to express better what my sins appear to me to be, than by heaping infinite upon infinite, and multiplying infinite by infinite. Very often, for these many years, these expressions are in my mind, and in my mouth, ' Infinite upon infinite — Infinite upon infinite...