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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... prayers . THOMAS ROBINSON was the fourth son of Mr. James Robinson , a respectable hosier of Wakefield in Yorkshire , and was born August the 29th , 1749 , O. S. His father lived next door to a house formerly occu- pied by Archbishop ...
... prayers . THOMAS ROBINSON was the fourth son of Mr. James Robinson , a respectable hosier of Wakefield in Yorkshire , and was born August the 29th , 1749 , O. S. His father lived next door to a house formerly occu- pied by Archbishop ...
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... prayer ; and devoted the whole of the Lord's day to the more immediate worship of God , and to the storing of his capacious mind with di- vine knowledge . He became , from this period , a decided character , and rarely as- sociated with ...
... prayer ; and devoted the whole of the Lord's day to the more immediate worship of God , and to the storing of his capacious mind with di- vine knowledge . He became , from this period , a decided character , and rarely as- sociated with ...
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... prayers read twice a day in the college chapel , and on Sundays went also twice to the university church ; sometimes ... Prayer , which were afterwards published ; and he was much pleased with his peculiarly earnest manner of preaching ...
... prayers read twice a day in the college chapel , and on Sundays went also twice to the university church ; sometimes ... Prayer , which were afterwards published ; and he was much pleased with his peculiarly earnest manner of preaching ...
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... prayer to God , that he would be pleased to direct and bless them in their studies , and that these might be sanctified to the setting forth of his glory . They reviewed the sermons of the day ; a portion of the Greek Testament was read ...
... prayer to God , that he would be pleased to direct and bless them in their studies , and that these might be sanctified to the setting forth of his glory . They reviewed the sermons of the day ; a portion of the Greek Testament was read ...
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... Prayer , the Creed , and the Ten Commandments . Could he have devised a more excellent course and method of instruction , to allay prejudice , and to convey solid evangelical knowledge ? Such a ministry , at such a period , could not ...
... Prayer , the Creed , and the Ten Commandments . Could he have devised a more excellent course and method of instruction , to allay prejudice , and to convey solid evangelical knowledge ? Such a ministry , at such a period , could not ...
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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.