A History of the West Indies: Containing the Natural, Civil, and Ecclesiastical History of Each Island; with an Account of the Missions Instituted in Those Islands, from the Commencement of Their Civilization, But More Especially of the Missions which Have Been Established in that Archipelago by the Society Late in Connexion with the Rev. John Wesley, Том 1Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, 1808 |
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... afford you these reflections , must be a continual source of gratification ; and , while you give all the glory to God , they must administer to you a species of plea- sure , which is neither embittered by the anguish of repentance ...
... afford you these reflections , must be a continual source of gratification ; and , while you give all the glory to God , they must administer to you a species of plea- sure , which is neither embittered by the anguish of repentance ...
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... afford you , will revive again with brighter lustre beyond the grave , and flourish with unfading beauty in eternity . To meet , in a world of spirits , thousands of our Ne- gro brethren , who shall have happily escaped from the ...
... afford you , will revive again with brighter lustre beyond the grave , and flourish with unfading beauty in eternity . To meet , in a world of spirits , thousands of our Ne- gro brethren , who shall have happily escaped from the ...
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... been wrought through the efficacy of divine grace , must afford pleasure to the sincere friends of the gospel of Jesus Christ . It must fill their souls VOL . I. B with gratitude , and their tongues with praises , to PREFACE. ...
... been wrought through the efficacy of divine grace , must afford pleasure to the sincere friends of the gospel of Jesus Christ . It must fill their souls VOL . I. B with gratitude , and their tongues with praises , to PREFACE. ...
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... afford the Christian world a living testimony that Jesus hath still power on earth to forgive sins . He conceives that it is acting beneath the dignity of a minister of Jesus Christ , to suppress a relation of facts which will reflect ...
... afford the Christian world a living testimony that Jesus hath still power on earth to forgive sins . He conceives that it is acting beneath the dignity of a minister of Jesus Christ , to suppress a relation of facts which will reflect ...
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... afford a new source of genuine gratification . To behold those happy changes which have been wrought in the souls of thousands of their fel- low creatures through the efficacy of divine grace , and the instru- mentality of that ...
... afford a new source of genuine gratification . To behold those happy changes which have been wrought in the souls of thousands of their fel- low creatures through the efficacy of divine grace , and the instru- mentality of that ...
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