 | George Punchard - Church history - 1867 - 492 pages
...manifold temptations of the place. Some became soldiers, and some sailors, and others fell into " worse courses, tending to dissoluteness and the danger of...their souls, to. the great grief of their parents and the dishonor of God"; so that they feared that their posterity would become- degenerate and corrupt.... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - Massachusetts - 1867 - 486 pages
...from their parents. Some became soldiers, others made far voyages by sea, and some walked in paths tending to dissoluteness and the danger of their souls, to the great grief of their parents and the dishonor of God. The Pilgrims saw that their posterity would be in danger to degenerate and be... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - Indians of North America - 1870 - 336 pages
...children left their parents, some of them becoming soldiers, others taking to foreign voyages, and some to dissoluteness and the danger of their souls, to...great hope of laying some foundation or making way for propaguting the kingdom of Christ to the remote ends of the earth, though they should be but as stepping... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - New England - 1876 - 694 pages
...others took them upon far voyages by sea, and other some worse courses, tending to dissoluteness and danger of their souls, to the great grief of their parents and dishonor of God ; so that they saw their posterity would be in danger to degenerate and be corrupted."1... | |
 | Edward Arber - English literature - 1879 - 668 pages
...the licentiousness of the youth, and the temptations of the place, many of their children left ilmr parents ; some becoming soldiers, others taking to...to the great grief of their parents, and fear lest tlieir posterity (through temptations and examples) should degenerate, and Religion die among them.... | |
 | Thomas Prince - History - 1887 - 358 pages
...they endured : but though reason of these difficulties, with the licentiousness of the youth, and the temptations of the place, many of their children left...their parents, and fear lest their posterity (through lemptalions and examples) should degenerate, and Religion die among them. 3. From an inward zeal, and... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 558 pages
...their parents. Some became soldiers, others took upon them far voyages by sea, and others some worse courses, tending to dissoluteness and the danger of...their souls, to the great grief of their parents and dishonor of God. So that they saw their posterity would be in danger to degenerate and be corrupted.... | |
 | Paul Erasmus Lauer - Church and state - 1892 - 134 pages
...their parents. Some became soldiers, others took them upon far voyages by sea, and others some worse courses, tending to dissoluteness and the danger of...their souls, to the great grief of their parents and the dishonor of God ; so that they saw that their posterity would be in danger to degenerate and be... | |
 | America - 1892 - 734 pages
...their parents. Some became soldiers, others took them upon far voyages by sea, and others some worse courses, tending to dissoluteness and the danger of...their souls, to the great grief of their parents and the dishonor of God ; so that they saw that their posterity would be in danger to degenerate and be... | |
 | Education - 1898 - 346 pages
...their parents. Some became soldiers, some took upon them far voyages by sea, and others some worse courses, tending to dissoluteness and the danger of...their souls; to the great grief of their parents, and the dishonor of God. So that they saw that their posterity would be in danger to degenerate, and be... | |
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... and the manifold temptations of the place, were drawn away by evil examples into extravagant and dangerous courses, getting the reins off their necks and departing from their parents. 
