The life and death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, minister of Maidstone, in the county…

Name: The life and death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, minister of Maidstone, in the county…
Author: George Swinnock

The life and death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, minister of Maidstone, in the county of Kent, M.A.

George Swinnock 1627–1673London? : s.n., 1672

[12], 99 p. · 21k words · Wing S6277 · ESTC R34633

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THE LIFE and DEATH OF Mr. THO. WILSON, Minister at Maidonestone, in… › Chapter 3: His first Living in Surrey.THE LIFE and DEATH OF Mr. THO. WILSON, Minister at Maidonestone, in… › Chapter 3: His first Living in Surry.

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CHAP. III. His first Living in Surrey.

CHAP. III. His first Living in Surry.

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The first Candlestick in which this light was set, was Capel in Surrey, where he continued some time, directing others by his holy pattern and judicious diligent Preaching, the way to eternal Life. Though the Parish gave him little or nothing for his pains, yet he was never the less faithful and laborious, for the welfare of their souls, for he sought not theirs but them, not their temporal good, but their spiritual good. Here he had the love and esteem of all Godly persons, both Ministers and people round about and indeed by his holy, Heavenly, humble conversation, he was such a Lodestone, as where ever he came he drew the hearts of sober Christians after him. What Nazianzen saith of Athanasius, I may truly say of him that he was Magnes & Adamas, a Lodestone in his sweet gentle nature, and yet an ⟨p. 6⟩Adamant in his stout resolute carriage against errors and profaneness.

THe first Candlestick in which this light was set, was Capel in Surry, where he continued some time, directing others by his holy pattern and judicious diligent Preaching, the way to eternal Life. Though the Parish gave him little or nothing for his pains, yet he was never the less faithful and labourious, for the welfare of their souls, for he sought not theirs but them, not their temporal good, but their spiritual good. Here he had the love and esteem of all Godly persons, both Ministers and people round about and indeed by his holy, Heavenly, humble conversation, he was such a Loadstone, as where ever he came he drew the hearts of sober Christians after him. What Nazianzen saith of Athanasius, I may truely say of him that he was Magnes & Adamas, a Loadstone in his sweet gentle nature, and yet an ⟨p. 6⟩

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The life and death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, minister of Maidstone, in the county…

CHAP. III. His first Living in Surrey.

CHAP. III. His first Living in Surry.

CHAP. IV. His second Living in Hampshire.

CHAP. V. His third Living in Surrey, with the success of his Journey into Cumberland.

CHAP. V. His third Living in Surry, with the success of his Iourney into Cumberland.

CHAP. VI. His removal into Kent, with the occasion of it.

CHAP. VII. His great success at Otham in Kent, and his faithfulness there.

CHAP. VIII. His care to Sanctify the Sabbath.

CHAP. VIII. His care to Sanctifie the Sabbath.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

CHAP. III. His first Living in Surrey.

CHAP. III. His first Living in Surry.

CHAP. IV. His second Living in Hampshire.

CHAP. V. His third Living in Surrey, with the success of his Journey into Cumberland.

CHAP. V. His third Living in Surry, with the success of his Iourney into Cumberland.

CHAP. VI. His removal into Kent, with the occasion of it.

CHAP. VII. His great success at Otham in Kent, and his faithfulness there.

CHAP. VIII. His care to Sanctify the Sabbath.

CHAP. VIII. His care to Sanctifie the Sabbath.