History of the Town of East Greenwich and Adjacent Territory: From 1677 to 1877 |
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History of the Town of East Greenwich and Adjacent Territory: From 1677 to 1877 Daniel Howland Greene No preview available - 2018 |
History of the Town of East Greenwich and Adjacent Territory, from 1677 to 1877 D H 1807-1886 Greene No preview available - 2016 |
History of the Town of East Greenwich and Adjacent Territory: From 1677 to 1877 Daniel Howland Greene No preview available - 2022 |
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Page 82 - She According to the Custom of Marriage Assuming the Name of her Husband, as a further Confirmation thereof: Did then and there to these Presents Set their Hands, and we whose Names are here under also subscribed, being present, at the Solemnization of the said Marriage and Subscription, have as Witnesses thereunto set our Hands the Day and Year above Written 1754.
Page 123 - by grace we are saved through faith ; and that not of ourselves ; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast?
Page 174 - Memoirs of Elkanah Watson, or Men and Times of the Revolution," presents a pleasing description of his powers of eloquence at this period : — Mr. Varnum was one of the most eminent lawyers and distinguished orators in the colonies. I first saw this learned and amiable man in 1774, when I heard him deliver a Masonic oration. Until that moment I had formed no conception of the power and charms of oratory. I was so deeply impressed, that the effect of his splendid exhibition has remained for forty-eight...
Page 80 - He is now come in Spirit, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true. He rules in our hearts by his law of love and life, and makes us free from the law of sin and death. We have no life, but by him; for he is the quickening Spirit, the second Adam, the Lord from heaven, by whose blood we are cleansed, and our consciences sprinkled from dead works to serve the living God. He is our Mediator...
Page 116 - We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the word of God, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice, and — in accordance with the teachings of those Scriptures : — 2.
Page 80 - He was made a sacrifice for sin, who knew no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth ; that He was crucified for us in the flesh, without the gates of Jerusalem, and that He was buried and rose again the third day by the power of his Father for our justification : and that He ascended up into heaven, and now sitteth at the right hand of God.
Page 80 - Son, in whom he is well pleased ; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary...
Page 175 - ... it bears to a future state, our general notions of religion cannot point out. We feel something constantly active within us...