Anecdotes: Illustrative of a Select Passage in Each Chapter of the Old Testament, Volume 2 |
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In the eleventh century , the effect of the gospel in Denmark was such , as to prove at once its divine origin , and its benign tendency . Adam of Bremen , an historian , thus expresses it : - " Look at that very ferocious nation of the ...
In the eleventh century , the effect of the gospel in Denmark was such , as to prove at once its divine origin , and its benign tendency . Adam of Bremen , an historian , thus expresses it : - " Look at that very ferocious nation of the ...
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I well remember having read in an ancient author , the following remarkable and appropriate account : - News came to a certain town , once and again , that the enemy was approaching ; but he did not then approach .
I well remember having read in an ancient author , the following remarkable and appropriate account : - News came to a certain town , once and again , that the enemy was approaching ; but he did not then approach .
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John Eliot , styled , The Apostle of the Indians , was once asked by a pious woman , who was vexed with a wicked husband , and bad company frequently infesting her house on his account , what she should do ?
John Eliot , styled , The Apostle of the Indians , was once asked by a pious woman , who was vexed with a wicked husband , and bad company frequently infesting her house on his account , what she should do ?
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