| Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 694 pages
...and perplexed ; afraid to continue, yet reluctant to abandon his crimes and companions. His sobiio*" began to astonish his neighbours, who applauded and...defective. Having formed an acquaintance with these pious womun, he became a frequent associate in their discussions ; and with the advantage of their Scriptural... | |
| Charles Buck - 1833 - 980 pages
...of his nature, and the necessity of faith in Christ, till he met with four poor women, at Bedford, " sitting at a door, in the sun, talking about the things of God— about a new birth— about the work of God in their hearts, as also how they were convinced of their... | |
| J. Fletcher - 1843 - 472 pages
...to work at my calling : and in one of the streets of that town I came where there were three or four women sitting at a door in the sun, talking about the things of God. And being now willing to hear what they said, I drew near, to hear their discourse — for I was now... | |
| Christians - 1856 - 390 pages
...was written, according to the title page, " fol the benefit of the tempted and dejected Christian." four poor women sitting at a door in the sun, talking about the things of God." " Their talk," he says, " was about a new birth, the work of God in their hearts, as also how they were convinced... | |
| 1860 - 588 pages
...nature, and the necessity of faith in Christ, till he met with a few poor women in Bedford, who were " sitting at a door, in the sun, talking about the things of God, about a ne w birth, about the work of God in their hearts ; as also hou* they were convinced of their... | |
| John Bunyan - 1861 - 492 pages
...state of mind, John Bunyan went -one day to Bedford in the prosecution of his calling, and found " three or four poor women sitting at a door in the sun talking about the things of God." " Their talk," he says, " was about a new birth, the work of God in their hearts, as also how they were convinced... | |
| John Bunyan - 1872 - 418 pages
...the good providence of God called me to Bedford to work in my calling, and in one of the streets I came where there were three or four poor women sitting...in the sun, talking about the things of God. Their talk was about a new birth, the work of God on their hearts, as also how they were convinced of their... | |
| Thomas Allen Blyth - 1873 - 338 pages
...self-righteous state of mind, John Bunyan went one day to Bedford in the prosecution of his calling, and found " three or four poor women sitting at a door in the sun, talking about the things of God." "Their talk," he says, "was about a new birth, the work of God in their hearts, as also how they were convinced... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 858 pages
...One day, in a street in Bedford, as he was at work in his calling, he fell in with three or four old women sitting at a door in the sun, talking about the things of God. By this time he himself was " a brisk talker " about religious subjects, and he joined in the conversation.... | |
| Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1897 - 586 pages
...heavenwards lighted on him in more gentle fashion. One day, in the streets of Bedford, he listened to ' three or four poor women, sitting at a door in the sun, talking about the things of God.' "Their talk," he discovered, " was about a new birth, the work of God on their hearts, also how they were... | |
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