The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher: Late Vicar of MadeleyJohn Mason, 1859 - 4380 pages |
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... labours and concerns of another kind , that it is not at all surprising it should contain some small mistakes , and in other respects should be imperfect . Mrs. Fletcher never intended to write his Life , but only to give an account of ...
... labours and concerns of another kind , that it is not at all surprising it should contain some small mistakes , and in other respects should be imperfect . Mrs. Fletcher never intended to write his Life , but only to give an account of ...
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... LABOURS AT MADELEY AND ELSEWHERE CHAP . V. OF THE EXCURSIONS HE MADE TO DIFFERENT PLACES , HIS FIRST VISIT TO HIS NATIVE COUNTRY , HIS OFFICE AND USEFULNESS AT TREVECKA , AND OF THE STEPS WHEREBY HE WAS LED TO WRITE ON CONTROVERSIAL ...
... LABOURS AT MADELEY AND ELSEWHERE CHAP . V. OF THE EXCURSIONS HE MADE TO DIFFERENT PLACES , HIS FIRST VISIT TO HIS NATIVE COUNTRY , HIS OFFICE AND USEFULNESS AT TREVECKA , AND OF THE STEPS WHEREBY HE WAS LED TO WRITE ON CONTROVERSIAL ...
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... labour for God , with unwearied perseverance , in the vineyard of the church . He believed himself qualified rather for military operations , than for spiritual employments ; and the exalted ideas he enter- tained of the holy ministry ...
... labour for God , with unwearied perseverance , in the vineyard of the church . He believed himself qualified rather for military operations , than for spiritual employments ; and the exalted ideas he enter- tained of the holy ministry ...
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... labour . The more I prayed for victory over sin , the Inore I was conquered . Many a time did I take up the Bible to seek comfort , but not being able to read , I shut B it again . The thoughts which engrossed my mind were THE REV ...
... labour . The more I prayed for victory over sin , the Inore I was conquered . Many a time did I take up the Bible to seek comfort , but not being able to read , I shut B it again . The thoughts which engrossed my mind were THE REV ...
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... labour will only succeed another , making way for continual discontent and chagrin . Open your heart , and there you will discover the source of that painful inquietude to which , by your own confession , you have been long a prey ...
... labour will only succeed another , making way for continual discontent and chagrin . Open your heart , and there you will discover the source of that painful inquietude to which , by your own confession , you have been long a prey ...
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