The Life and Writings of Henry Smith: England's Silver-tongued Preacher

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Mercer University Press, 1983 - 131 pagina's

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Pagina 75 - The Gospel is the power of God to salvation to every one that believeth: to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Pagina 102 - I mean to say is but this : there will come a time when three words uttered with charity and meekness shall receive a far more blessed reward than three thousand volumes written with disdainful sharpness of wit.
Pagina 32 - Baptist next coming, all and every person and persons inhabiting within this realm, or any other the queen's majesty's dominions, shall diligently and faithfully, having no lawful or reasonable excuse to be absent, endeavour themselves to resort to their parish church or chapel accustomed, or upon reasonable let thereof, to some usual place where common prayer and such service of God shall be used in such time of let, upon every Sunday and other days ordained and used to be kept as holy days, and...
Pagina 32 - Church, and also upon pain that every person so offending shall forfeit for every such offence twelve pence...
Pagina 121 - Typographical antiquities ; or, the history of printing in England, Scotland and Ireland. Containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them. Begun by the late Joseph Ames, FR & A. SS. considerably augmented by William Herbert, of Cheshunt, Herts...
Pagina 97 - ... nothing which was said to him, but that which was spoken against others. Another cometh to gaze about the church; he hath an evil eye, which is still looking upon that from which Job did avert his eye. Another cometh to muse; so soon as he is set, he falleth into a brown study; sometimes his mind runs on his market...
Pagina 14 - Hence alone did it proceed, that 5 thou wert such a plausible pulpit man, that before thou entredst into the rough waies of Theologie, thou refinedst, preparedst, and purifidest thy minde with sweete Poetrie.
Pagina 76 - ... you together from the serpent : because they are like the shout which did beat down the walls of Jericho ; so they beat down the walls of sin : because they are like the fiery pillar, which went before the Israelites to the Land...
Pagina 40 - ... but one sense, which is the literal sense. And that literal sense is the root and ground of all, and the anchor that never faileth, whereunto if thou cleave, thou canst never err or go out of the way. And if thou leave the literal sense, thou canst not but go out of the way.
Pagina 40 - Thou shalt understand, therefore, that the scripture hath but one sense, which is the literal sense. And that literal sense is the root and ground of all, and the anchor that never faileth, whereunto if thou cleave, thou canst never err or go out of the way.

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