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, 1816 - 470 pages |
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Page 19
... doubt that his skill and success in conducting family worship , ( which was one of his best performances , ) arose ultimately from this habit . He usually kept some devotional book on his table , in which he read a few pages ...
... doubt that his skill and success in conducting family worship , ( which was one of his best performances , ) arose ultimately from this habit . He usually kept some devotional book on his table , in which he read a few pages ...
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... doubt either the purity of his motive , or the justness of his rebuke . Some of his contemporaries , indeed , thought him " right- eous overmuch : ” but they could find no rea- sonable cause of fault in him ; and when- ever he was ...
... doubt either the purity of his motive , or the justness of his rebuke . Some of his contemporaries , indeed , thought him " right- eous overmuch : ” but they could find no rea- sonable cause of fault in him ; and when- ever he was ...
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... doubt of your suc- ceeding , by such a connection , to an eminent station in the church . " But , having ex- pressed his grateful sense of the bishop's condescension and kindness , Mr. Robinson declared his fixed resolution of returning ...
... doubt of your suc- ceeding , by such a connection , to an eminent station in the church . " But , having ex- pressed his grateful sense of the bishop's condescension and kindness , Mr. Robinson declared his fixed resolution of returning ...
Page 84
... doubt resulted from the change . It was to be expected from a ministry like Mr. Robinson's , that it would excite great searchings of heart in the hearers ; and that he would have many private visi- tors , if he were understood to be ...
... doubt resulted from the change . It was to be expected from a ministry like Mr. Robinson's , that it would excite great searchings of heart in the hearers ; and that he would have many private visi- tors , if he were understood to be ...
Page 103
... to come in ; " and , in some instances , be- come stated and willing guests . I doubt not that a careful and wide investigation would show us many a stray sheep thus brought back to the fold ; many a casual hearer OF THE LIFE , & c . 103.
... to come in ; " and , in some instances , be- come stated and willing guests . I doubt not that a careful and wide investigation would show us many a stray sheep thus brought back to the fold ; many a casual hearer OF THE LIFE , & c . 103.
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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.
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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.
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Page 257 - Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference...
Page 254 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ...