April. 24. Being desired to go to a poor Christian, I promised to go; there being only two Maids in the house, I considered whether
Presvyteros diplēs timēs axios, or, The true dignity of St. Paul's elder exemplified in the life of ... Mr. Owen Stockton ... with a collection of his observations, experiences and evidences recorded by his own hand : to which is added his funeral sermon / by John Fairfax ...
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- Presvyteros diplēs timēs axios, or, The true dignity of St. Paul's elder exemplified in the life of ... Mr. Owen Stockton ... with a collection of his observations, experiences and evidences recorded by his own hand : to which is added his funeral sermon / by John Fairfax ...
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- Fairfax, John, 1623-1700.
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- 1681.
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- Stockton, Owen, 1630-1680.
- Church of England -- Sermons.
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"Presvyteros diplēs timēs axios, or, The true dignity of St. Paul's elder exemplified in the life of ... Mr. Owen Stockton ... with a collection of his observations, experiences and evidences recorded by his own hand : to which is added his funeral sermon / by John Fairfax ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39777.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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it might not prove some scandal to go; but considering also she was a Member of Christ, and therefore I ought to Administer to her Soul, I resolved to commit the taking care of my Name to the Lord, and to do my duty. I begged of him that he would secure me from reproach, and as I went an honest poor man met me, to whom I told whither I was going, and asked him to go along with me; he was willing, and did so. I looked upon him as sent by the Providence of God in Answer to my Prayer.
These were some of those observations and experiences which he recorded during his continuance at Cambridge. Upon his removal from thence he intermitted this practice for some years, but resumed it again.