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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... period of life and under circumstances however discou- raging , are made to hear the effectual call of God , and though it be but the dregs of life they have to offer , yet consecrate these to the glory and service of their Redeemer ...
... period of life and under circumstances however discou- raging , are made to hear the effectual call of God , and though it be but the dregs of life they have to offer , yet consecrate these to the glory and service of their Redeemer ...
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... whilst he was resolving what to do . He was used to describe himself as having great pleasure in dancing and plays , at this period of his age . One part of his character seems to have been formed OF THE LIFE , & c . 11.
... whilst he was resolving what to do . He was used to describe himself as having great pleasure in dancing and plays , at this period of his age . One part of his character seems to have been formed OF THE LIFE , & c . 11.
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... most intimate friend at this period , informs me that " Mr. Robinson was not so fully impressed with a deep sense of the importance of religion on his first coming to the university 14 SOME ACCOUNT he excited as well as felt wonder. ...
... most intimate friend at this period , informs me that " Mr. Robinson was not so fully impressed with a deep sense of the importance of religion on his first coming to the university 14 SOME ACCOUNT he excited as well as felt wonder. ...
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... period , a decided character , and rarely as- sociated with any collegians but those who entertained sentiments similar to his own . ” He Dr. Jobson's testimony peremptorily as- signs the commencement of his religious character to the ...
... period , a decided character , and rarely as- sociated with any collegians but those who entertained sentiments similar to his own . ” He Dr. Jobson's testimony peremptorily as- signs the commencement of his religious character to the ...
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... period which we are now marking . But now , and not before , " it pleased God to reveal his Son in him " that he might in due time be qualified " to preach him among the heathen ; " now , and not before , he " walked with God ...
... period which we are now marking . But now , and not before , " it pleased God to reveal his Son in him " that he might in due time be qualified " to preach him among the heathen ; " now , and not before , he " walked with God ...
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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.