The Ecclesiastical History of New England: Comprising Not Only the Religious, But Also Moral, and Other Relations, Volume 2Congregational Library Association and by the Congregational Board of Publication, 1862 - New England |
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Page 143 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 449 - Whereas, we all came into these parts of America, with one and the same end and aim, namely, to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to enjoy the liberties of the Gospel in purity with peace...
Page 580 - So practice, in rendering again according to benefits received, is the proper evidence of true thankfulness. Psal. cxvi. 12, " What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits towards me?
Page 173 - French tongue he could also manage ; the Latin and the Greek he had mastered ; but the Hebrew he most of all studied, because, he said, he would see with his own eyes the ancient oracles of God in their native beauty.
Page 132 - ... preservation; if any shall mutiny and rise up against their commanders and officers; if any should preach or write that there ought to be no commanders or officers, because all are equal in...
Page 179 - ... that it is blood-guiltiness, and against the rule of the gospel, to execute judgment upon transgressors, against the private or public weal.
Page 221 - The | Heart of New England | Rent at the | Blasphemies | of the present Generation. | Or a brief | Tractate, |Concerning the| Doctrine of the Quakers,| Demonstrating the destructive nature | thereof, to Religion, the Churches, and | the State; with consideration of the Re-|medy against it.
Page 592 - THE HAPPINESS OF A PEOPLE in the Wisdome of their Rulers Directing And in the Obedience of their Brethren Attending Unto what Israel ought to do...
Page 101 - Let men of God in courts and churches watch O'er such as do a toleration hatch ; Lest that ill egg bring forth a cockatrice, To poison all with heresy and vice.
Page 193 - Hopkins, which is, to give some encouragement in those foreign plantations for the breeding up of hopeful youth, in a way of learning, both at the grammar school and college, for the public service of the country in future times.