Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Charles Buck ...: Containing The Young Christian's Guide ... : A Treatise on Religious Experience ... : Together with Anecdotes ...W.W. Woodward, 1808 |
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Page 44
... soon received such de . light from books , that he was always calling for fresh entertainment , and expected that , when any of the family went to market , a new book should be brought him ; which , when it came , was in fondness ...
... soon received such de . light from books , that he was always calling for fresh entertainment , and expected that , when any of the family went to market , a new book should be brought him ; which , when it came , was in fondness ...
Page 54
... seemed con- vulsed . He returned to the table , and , laying down the Bible , said , with a strong asseveration , " We will not burn that book till we get a better . " Soon after this , the same gay and lively young 54 Anecdotes .
... seemed con- vulsed . He returned to the table , and , laying down the Bible , said , with a strong asseveration , " We will not burn that book till we get a better . " Soon after this , the same gay and lively young 54 Anecdotes .
Page 55
... Soon after this , the same gay and lively young gentleman died , and on his death - bed was led to true repentance , deriving unshaken hopes of for- giveness and of future blessedness from that book he was once going to burn . He found ...
... Soon after this , the same gay and lively young gentleman died , and on his death - bed was led to true repentance , deriving unshaken hopes of for- giveness and of future blessedness from that book he was once going to burn . He found ...
Page 63
... soon as she was taken from the rack , she fainted away ; but , being recovered , she was condemned to the flames . Her bones were dislocated in such a manner , that they were forced to carry her in a chair to the place of execution ...
... soon as she was taken from the rack , she fainted away ; but , being recovered , she was condemned to the flames . Her bones were dislocated in such a manner , that they were forced to carry her in a chair to the place of execution ...
Page 65
... soon as the hymn before sermon was sung ,, which he heard with great attention , he leaned forward , and , fixing his elbows on the lid , secured both his ears against the sermon with his fore - fingers . He had not been in this ...
... soon as the hymn before sermon was sung ,, which he heard with great attention , he leaned forward , and , fixing his elbows on the lid , secured both his ears against the sermon with his fore - fingers . He had not been in this ...
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Page 313 - Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess ; but be filled with the spirit...
Page 106 - Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Page 216 - ... palaces, navigation, &c. but now sallow, &c. are rejected, and nothing but oak any where regarded ; and yet see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration.
Page 74 - Westminster, while the court was sitting, and be whipped ; after whipping, be set upon the pillory a convenient time, and have one of his ears cut off, one side of his nose slit...
Page 206 - He pleaded with the same sincerity that he used in the other parts of his life, and used to say : — It was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought.
Page 314 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 150 - Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 26 - If any man seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Page 119 - ... she hoped he would do nothing against his conscience, for fear of any danger or prejudice to him, or his family • and that she would be contented to suffer want or any misery with him, rather than be an occasion for him to do, or say any thing against his judgment and conscience.
Page 215 - ... there are old men yet dwelling in the village where I remain, which have noted three things to be marvellously altered in England within their sound remembrance. One is, the multitude of chimneys lately erected ; whereas, in their young days, there were not above two or three, if so many, in most uplandish towns of the realm...