Some Account of the Reverend Thomas Robinson, M.A.: Late Vicar of St. Mary's, Leicester, and Sometime Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge : with a Selection of Original LettersSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1816 - 470 pages |
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... to all the dif ferent faculties of our souls ; " why should it be thought a thing incredible with us , " that he should at certain times present affecting objects to our imagination ? If a credible wit- ness 10 SOME ACCOUNT.
... to all the dif ferent faculties of our souls ; " why should it be thought a thing incredible with us , " that he should at certain times present affecting objects to our imagination ? If a credible wit- ness 10 SOME ACCOUNT.
Page 44
... affecting truths from the simplest occurrences . A poor woman happened to be in the cottage into which he was driven , who afterwards con- fessed that she had for some time been me- ditating to destroy herself . So reasonable and so ...
... affecting truths from the simplest occurrences . A poor woman happened to be in the cottage into which he was driven , who afterwards con- fessed that she had for some time been me- ditating to destroy herself . So reasonable and so ...
Page 95
... her heart was God's , and her life proved that she had given it Him . She “ walked with God . " Her death - bed was a peculiarly affecting scene ; of which I have heard him describe one particular in- cident ; sacred OF THE LIFE , & c . 95.
... her heart was God's , and her life proved that she had given it Him . She “ walked with God . " Her death - bed was a peculiarly affecting scene ; of which I have heard him describe one particular in- cident ; sacred OF THE LIFE , & c . 95.
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... affecting admonitions , but for his own character's sake , which beams forth in every page of the narrative and improvement . He published first a single volume ; then the two first ; then the four volumes ; all in duodecimo at first ...
... affecting admonitions , but for his own character's sake , which beams forth in every page of the narrative and improvement . He published first a single volume ; then the two first ; then the four volumes ; all in duodecimo at first ...
Page 254
... affecting proof that the world will love its own , and will no longer love those who are no longer " of it . " Dr. Conyers had been holden up as a pattern of what a minister should be , when , upon studying his Greek Testament one day ...
... affecting proof that the world will love its own , and will no longer love those who are no longer " of it . " Dr. Conyers had been holden up as a pattern of what a minister should be , when , upon studying his Greek Testament one day ...
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Page 253 - Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Page 275 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Page 260 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 59 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to repent : because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 465 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 367 - And if by grace, then it is no more of works : otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace : otherwise work is no more work.
Page 74 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-inlaw against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Page 297 - For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Page 257 - Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference...
Page 254 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ...