The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher: Late Vicar of MadeleyJohn Mason, 1859 - 4380 pages |
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... continued uninterrupted between thirty and forty years , even till it pleased God to take him to himself . Nor was ours a slight or ordinary acquaintance ; but we were of one heart and of one soul . We had no secrets between us for many ...
... continued uninterrupted between thirty and forty years , even till it pleased God to take him to himself . Nor was ours a slight or ordinary acquaintance ; but we were of one heart and of one soul . We had no secrets between us for many ...
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... continued some time at home , study- ing the Hebrew language , and perfecting his acquaint- ance with mathematical learning . 3. His early piety was equally remarkable with his early attainments . From his childhood he was im- pressed ...
... continued some time at home , study- ing the Hebrew language , and perfecting his acquaint- ance with mathematical learning . 3. His early piety was equally remarkable with his early attainments . From his childhood he was im- pressed ...
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... continued after his return from Lisbon . And when he was informed , that his uncle , then a Co- lonel in the Dutch service , had procured a commission for him , he joyfully set out for Flanders . But just at that time the peace was ...
... continued after his return from Lisbon . And when he was informed , that his uncle , then a Co- lonel in the Dutch service , had procured a commission for him , he joyfully set out for Flanders . But just at that time the peace was ...
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... continued , for a long course of time , a perfect stranger to the true nature of Christianity . He was naturally of a high and ambitious turn , though his ambition was sufficiently refined for religious as well as scientific pursuits ...
... continued , for a long course of time , a perfect stranger to the true nature of Christianity . He was naturally of a high and ambitious turn , though his ambition was sufficiently refined for religious as well as scientific pursuits ...
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... continued nevertheless to fall into sin , as often as I was assaulted with temptation . But I must observe , that all this while , though I had a clear sense of my wickedness , and of what I deserved ; and though I often thought that ...
... continued nevertheless to fall into sin , as often as I was assaulted with temptation . But I must observe , that all this while , though I had a clear sense of my wickedness , and of what I deserved ; and though I often thought that ...
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