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, المجلد 1Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, 1808 |
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... among the Negroes unequivocally proves , that he has accepted of your sincere endeavours to promote the interests of the gos- pel , and that he has happily instructed us to adapt the means he has taught us to use , to DEDICATION .
... among the Negroes unequivocally proves , that he has accepted of your sincere endeavours to promote the interests of the gos- pel , and that he has happily instructed us to adapt the means he has taught us to use , to DEDICATION .
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... means he has taught us to use , to the important end at which we have sincerely aimed . How far this may stimulate our cotemporaries and successors , either to follow our example , or to improve upon the plan which we have adopted , it ...
... means he has taught us to use , to the important end at which we have sincerely aimed . How far this may stimulate our cotemporaries and successors , either to follow our example , or to improve upon the plan which we have adopted , it ...
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... mean while , in- dependently of these subsequent considerations ; and its different branches will be pursued according to the plan which is now arranged . The first chapter will contain a general description of the Islands ; the second ...
... mean while , in- dependently of these subsequent considerations ; and its different branches will be pursued according to the plan which is now arranged . The first chapter will contain a general description of the Islands ; the second ...
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... means of knowing ; but to rescue from oblivion a department of history , which must be particularly interesting to the religious world ; and to acquaint posterity with those glorious effects which have resulted from the preaching of the ...
... means of knowing ; but to rescue from oblivion a department of history , which must be particularly interesting to the religious world ; and to acquaint posterity with those glorious effects which have resulted from the preaching of the ...
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... means , through which his blessed gospel has reached the distant shores of their habitation , has triumphed over every impediment ; and , what is of infinitely greater importance , has changed the hearts of thou- sands , who willingly ...
... means , through which his blessed gospel has reached the distant shores of their habitation , has triumphed over every impediment ; and , what is of infinitely greater importance , has changed the hearts of thou- sands , who willingly ...
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الصفحة 64 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
الصفحة 111 - Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves...
الصفحة 56 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...
الصفحة 111 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
الصفحة 153 - And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
الصفحة 153 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.
الصفحة 117 - Whether you are divinities or mortal men, we know not. You have come into these countries with a force against which, were we inclined to resist it, resistance would be folly: we are all therefore at your mercy. But if you are men subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to good and bad men. If therefore you expect to die and believe with us that...
الصفحة 176 - God would gloriously display his power and love, in the fulfilment of his gracious promise that " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea.
الصفحة 201 - Whereas Wee are credibly informed, That in many of Our Plantations, Colonies and Factories beyond the Seas, belonging to Our Kingdom of England, the Provision for Ministers is very mean ; and many others of our said Plantations, Colonies and Factories, are wholly destitute and unprovided of a Mainteynance for Ministers and the Publick Worshipp of God ; and for Lack of Support...
الصفحة 243 - IN FRANCE, BUT LEFT THAT COUNTRY FOR HIS RELIGION AND CAME TO SETTLE IN THIS ISLAND, WHERE HE WAS SWALLOWED UP IN THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN THE YEAR 1692 AND BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD WAS BY ANOTHER SHOCK THROWN INTO THE SEA, AND MIRACULOUSLY SAVED BY SWIMMING UNTIL A BOAT TOOK HIM UP; HE LIVED MANY YEARS AFTER IN GREAT REPUTATION, BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM, AND MUCH LAMENTED AT HIS DEATH...