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, 1916 - 470 pages |
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... improvement . Mr. Robin- son was not unmindful of the obligations he owed to this venerable friend , and always spoke of him with sincere respect and af fection . At the age of fourteen , his father removed him from school with the ...
... improvement . Mr. Robin- son was not unmindful of the obligations he owed to this venerable friend , and always spoke of him with sincere respect and af fection . At the age of fourteen , his father removed him from school with the ...
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... improvement . But , whatever might be the precise history of its formation , the existence of a living principle of godliness in his soul was from this period made abundantly manifest . This principle was not in him " a candle put under ...
... improvement . But , whatever might be the precise history of its formation , the existence of a living principle of godliness in his soul was from this period made abundantly manifest . This principle was not in him " a candle put under ...
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... improvement of the sabbath evening ! Seeking God as he did , it is not strange that he should have been " found of ... improved by the serious : he was ready to give , and excelled in giving ad- vice 22 SOME ACCOUNT roughly furnished ...
... improvement of the sabbath evening ! Seeking God as he did , it is not strange that he should have been " found of ... improved by the serious : he was ready to give , and excelled in giving ad- vice 22 SOME ACCOUNT roughly furnished ...
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... improving and reviving ex- ercise of that " best member which we have ; " and I believe it will be found , that many of the poorer members of our congregations derive much of their spiritual knowledge , as well as much of their ...
... improving and reviving ex- ercise of that " best member which we have ; " and I believe it will be found , that many of the poorer members of our congregations derive much of their spiritual knowledge , as well as much of their ...
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... improved his connection with Mr. Ludlam , is a convincing proof of his discernment , forbearance , and good sense . It would have been easy to make him his enemy : but , with a view to his own stability and usefulness , it was most ...
... improved his connection with Mr. Ludlam , is a convincing proof of his discernment , forbearance , and good sense . It would have been easy to make him his enemy : but , with a view to his own stability and usefulness , it was most ...
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Page 251 - Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Page 258 - 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 365 - 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 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 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 295 - 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 103 - Bless me, even me also, O my father. And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob ? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.
Page ii - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Page ii - Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Page 371 - 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 none of them were of us.