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The falseness of the hopes of many professors, showed in a sermon preached in…The falseness of the hopes of many professors, shewed in a sermon preached in…
The falseness of the hopes of many professors, showed in a sermon preached in Boston, the 8th. of July, 1708. Being the lecture day. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.The falseness of the hopes of many professors, shewed in a sermon preached in Boston, the 8th. of July, 1708. Being the lecture day. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton.
printed by Bartholomew Green. Sold by Samuel Phillips, 1708
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Here I shall answer two Enquiries.
Quest. 1. When do men build there hopes upon a good foundation: upon a foundation that will not fail in a time of trial?
Quest. 1. When do men build there hopes upon a good foundation: upon a foundation that will not fail in a time of tryal?
Before I answer this Question, I shall premise a distinction.
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