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    Public worship and practical theology in the work of Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)

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    The late seventeenth century was a critical and fruitful period for the Particular Baptists of England. Severely persecuted following the Restoration, toleration in 1689 brought its own perils. Particular Baptists were fortunate in having several strong leaders, especially the London trio of Hanserd Knollys, William Kiffin, and Benjamin Keach. Such a small and severely persecuted group as the Baptists could afford little time for academic pursuits, thus of necessity most of their theology was practical in nature. Benjamin Keach (1640-1704) was the most outstanding practical theologian among the English Particular Baptists of the late seventeenth century. This dissertation is a study of Keach, in particular his writings on public worship and practical theology. Although Keach was a prolific author, he has been almost completely neglected by scholars. After a biographical sketch of Keach, this study considers his writings on public worship and practical theology. In the area of worship, Keach made two outstanding contributions: First, he was the most vocal apologist for Baptist views on Baptism of his period. Secondly, and more importantly, his hymn writing and defense of hymn singing broke new ground, not just for Baptists, but for English Protestantism, in general. In addition to his contributions in these areas, he also dealt with the laying on of hands and the sabbath day worship controversy. Keach's contributions to practical theology fall into two main groups: his writings that concern religious education and those that deal with polity. In addition to these, Keach's vigorous advocacy of a high Calvinist soteriology are also considered under the rubric of practical theology. Keach's most important (although not his most positive) contribution in this area were his soteriological writings. Although well within the bounds of orthodoxy, some of the tendencies in Keach's soteriology were taken up by the following generation of Baptist leaders and developed into a stultifying hyper-Calvinism that handicapped Baptist evangelism and missions. In the conclusion, Keach's contributions to a theory of practical theology are considered

    The tryal and conviction of several reputed sodomites, before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and Recorder of London, at Guild-Hall, the 20th day of October, 1707. [electronic resource].

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    The trial of Thomas Lane, John Williams, William Huggins, Charles Marriot, Paul Booth, Benjamin Butler, John Blithe, and James Brooke.Reproduction of original in the British Library.Early English books tract supplement interim guideElectronic reproduction

    Letter to Benjamin Clark Cutler from Benjamin Stevens

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    Letter dated April 14, 1863 to Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Benjamin Clark Cutler, Santa Fe, from First Lieutenant Benjamin Stevens, Fort Wingate, New Mexico, recommending John Murphy and Martin Quintana, in the First New Mexico Volunteers, for military promotion to Second Lieutenant. Letter also signed by First Lieutenant J. L. Barbey, joint author. Civil War. HL introduction page overlaid by document. Letter in English, handwritten, 1pp/fr

    Substrate specificity of [alpha]-proteobacterial N-end rule adaptors

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    Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, 2016.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. "June 2016." In title on title page [alpha] appears as lower case Greek letters.Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-118).by Benjamin J. Stein.Ph. D

    An investigation of high-occupancy vehicle lane cost effectiveness

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    Typescript (photocopy).This dissertation documents the process used to derive guidelines for estimation of HOV lane project benefit/cost ratios. An extensive radial freeway computer simulation model database was combined with an economic analysis of benefits and costs for barrier-separated HOV lane facilities. The data are intended to provide information to highway and transit planners concerning the potential viability of HOV lanes. The guidelines developed offer a means of initially screening freeways to determine whether more detailed and costly HOV feasibility studies are warranted

    Rotating gravity currents. Part 1. Energy loss theory

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    A comprehensive energy loss theory for gravity currents in rotating rectangular channels is presented. The model is an extension of the non-rotating energy loss theory of Benjamin (J. Fluid Mech. vol. 31, 1968, p. 209) and the steady-state dissipationless theory of rotating gravity currents of Hacker (PhD thesis, 1996). The theory assumes the fluid is inviscid, there is no shear within the current, and the Boussinesq approximation is made. Dissipation is introduced using a simple method. A head loss term is introduced into the Bernoulli equation and it is assumed that the energy loss is uniform across the stream. Conservation of momentum, volume flux and potential vorticity between upstream and downstream locations is then considered. By allowing for energy dissipation, results are obtained for channels of arbitrary depth and width (relative to the current). The results match those from earlier workers in the two limits of (i) zero rotation (but including dissipation) and (ii) zero dissipation (but including rotation). Three types of flow are identified as the effect of rotation increases, characterized in terms of the location of the outcropping interface between the gravity current and the ambient fluid on the channel boundaries. The parameters for transitions between these cases are quantified, as is the detailed behaviour of the flow in all cases. In particular, the speed of the current can be predicted for any given channel depth and width. As the channel depth increases, the predicted Froude number tends to 2\surd 2, as for non-rotating flows

    The history of Tom Jones, a foundling /

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    Benjamin Gomez was at this address from 1794 to at least 1802; John Buel died in 1800.; The plates in v. 3 bears the caption ""Robertson and Gowan\u27s select novels""; it is engraved by Benjamin Tanner.; Archives has vol. 3 only; Label : Library of the Congregation of U.B. of the Borough of Bethlehem and its vicinity. #1483.; Inscription : Robert Clark New york- November 26th, 1807 [his inscription appears several times].; Inscription : [additional illegible inscription]
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