The Mayflower Descendant,: Volume 27 1925

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Heritage Books, 1996 - 230 páginas

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THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT
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THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT
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THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT
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THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT
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INDEX OF PERSONS
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Página 75 - Finally brethren, farewell : be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Página 70 - These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear : clouds they are without water, carried about of winds ; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots ; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame ; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Página 59 - ... and so lifting up our hands to each other, and our hearts for each other to the Lord our God, we departed, and found his presence with us in the midst of our manifold straits he carried us through.
Página 65 - And so also, saith he, you see the Calvinists, they stick where he left them; a misery much to be lamented ; for though they were precious shining lights in their times, yet God had not revealed his whole will to them; and were they now living, saith he, they would be as ready and willing to embrace further light, as that they had received.
Página 66 - And so advised us by all means to endeavour to close with the godly party of the kingdom of England, and rather to study union than division, viz. how near we might possibly without sin close with them, than in the least measure to affect division or separation from them. And be not loath to take another pastor or teacher, saith he, for the flock that hath two shepherds is not endangered, but secured by it.
Página 52 - What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Página 66 - But withal exhorted us to take heed what we received for truth, and well to examine and compare and weigh it with other scriptures of truth, before we received it ; for, saith he, it is not possible the Christian world should conic so lately out of such thick anti-Christian darkness, and that full perfection of knowledge should break forth at once.
Página 65 - Lord had appointed it or not; he charged us, before God and his blessed angels, to follow him no further than he followed Christ; and if God should reveal anything to us by any other Instrument of his, to be as ready to receive it, as ever we were to receive any truth by his Ministry. For he was very confident the Lord had more truth and light yet to break forth out of his holy Word.
Página 58 - And hereupon we came to this resolution, that it was best for one part of the church to go at first, and the other to stay, viz. the youngest and strongest part to go. Secondly, they that went should freely offer themselves. Thirdly, if the major part went, the pastor to go with them ; if not, the elder only. Fourthly, if the Lord should frown upon our proceedings, then those that went to...
Página 66 - And as the Churches of CHRIST are all Saints by Calling ; so we desire to see the grace of GOD shining forth, at least seemingly (leaving secret things to GOD), in all we admit into...

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