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... ardent piety ; and , of course , as well adapted to adorn and to bless the large domestic circle committed to her care . was the mother of eleven children . The subject of this memoir was the fifth child of his parents in order , and ...
... ardent piety ; and , of course , as well adapted to adorn and to bless the large domestic circle committed to her care . was the mother of eleven children . The subject of this memoir was the fifth child of his parents in order , and ...
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... ardent thirst for knowledge , a desire to go to the bottom of every subject , and , what might have been ex- pected , as the natural consequence , indefatigable diligence . He was early taught , by his excellent father , to use the pen ...
... ardent thirst for knowledge , a desire to go to the bottom of every subject , and , what might have been ex- pected , as the natural consequence , indefatigable diligence . He was early taught , by his excellent father , to use the pen ...
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... ardent in the pursuit of knowledge , and deter- mined to digest and make his own every thing that he received from books , or from his teachers , and even a disposition , at that early age , to push his inquiries beyond them all . The ...
... ardent in the pursuit of knowledge , and deter- mined to digest and make his own every thing that he received from books , or from his teachers , and even a disposition , at that early age , to push his inquiries beyond them all . The ...
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... ardent , as well as more enlightened , than is commonly found even in zealous , devoted believers . As his intellectual superiority to most men appeared even in his early youth , so the character of his piety , from its very commence ...
... ardent , as well as more enlightened , than is commonly found even in zealous , devoted believers . As his intellectual superiority to most men appeared even in his early youth , so the character of his piety , from its very commence ...
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... ardent desire to mortify all sin , and to grow in every grace and virtue . I see " Friday night , October 7th , 1723 . there are some things quite contrary to the sound- ness and perfection of Christianity , in which al- most all good ...
... ardent desire to mortify all sin , and to grow in every grace and virtue . I see " Friday night , October 7th , 1723 . there are some things quite contrary to the sound- ness and perfection of Christianity , in which al- most all good ...
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Page 350 - I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Page 206 - While we look not at the things which are seen and temporal, but at the things which are not seen and eternal...
Page 15 - ... when I seemed to be convinced, and fully satisfied, as to this sovereignty of God, and his justice in thus eternally disposing of men, according to his sovereign pleasure.
Page 15 - 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 whom he pleased; leaving them eternally to perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me.
Page 18 - God's excellency, his wisdom, his purity and love, seemed to appear in every thing; in the sun, moon, and stars; in the clouds, and blue sky; in the grass, flowers, trees; in the water, and all nature; which used greatly to fix my mind.
Page 19 - God, so to speak, at the first appearance of a thunder-storm ; and used to take the opportunity, at such times, to fix myself in order to view the clouds, and see the lightnings play, and hear the majestic and awful voice of God's thunder...
Page 17 - ... that time, I began to have a new kind of apprehensions and ideas of Christ, and the work of redemption, and the glorious way of salvation by him. An inward, sweet sense of these things, at times, came into my heart ; and my soul was led away in pleasant views and contemplations of them. And my mind was greatly engaged to spend my time in reading and meditating on Christ, on the beauty and excellency of his person, and the lovely' way of salvation by free grace in him.
Page 181 - ... opportunity, at such times, to fix myself in order to view the clouds and see the lightnings . play, and hear the majestic and awful voice of God's thunder, which oftentimes was exceedingly entertaining, leading me to sweet contemplations of my great and glorious God. While thus engaged, it always seemed natural to me to sing, or chant forth my meditations ; or, to speak my thoughts in soliloquies with a singing voice.
Page 20 - ... walking alone in the woods, and solitary places, for meditation, soliloquy, and prayer, and converse with God; and it was always my manner, at such times, to sing forth my contemplations. I was almost constantly in ejaculatory prayer, wherever I was. Prayer seemed to be natural to me, as the breath by which the inward burnings of my heart had vent. The delights which I now felt in the things of religion, were of an exceedingly different kind from those before mentioned, that I had when a boy;...
Page 181 - Holiness, as I then wrote down some of my contemplations on it, appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, pencefulness and ravishment to the soul.