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The Life of David Brainerd

David Brainerd, edited by Jonathan Edwards (1718-1747 (Brainerd); 1703-1758 (Edwards)) · Congregational / Presbyterian (Reformed)

The diary and life of a young missionary to Native Americans, who prayed through illness and long solitude. Edited and published by Jonathan Edwards in 1749.

First published: 1749 (edited by Jonathan Edwards). About 471 minutes to read in 27 parts.

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Contents

1. 1Chapter I (part 1 of 2)
2. 2Chapter I (part 2 of 2)
3. 3Chapter II
4. 4Chapter III
5. 5Chapter IV
6. 6Chapter V (part 1 of 3)
7. 7Chapter V (part 2 of 3)
8. 8Chapter V (part 3 of 3)
9. 9Chapter VI (part 1 of 3)
10. 10Chapter VI (part 2 of 3)
11. 11Chapter VI (part 3 of 3)
12. 12Chapter VII (part 1 of 4)
13. 13Chapter VII (part 2 of 4)
14. 14Chapter VII (part 3 of 4)
15. 15Chapter VII (part 4 of 4)
16. 16Chapter VIII (part 1 of 6)
17. 17Chapter VIII (part 2 of 6)
18. 18Chapter VIII (part 3 of 6)
19. 19Chapter VIII (part 4 of 6)
20. 20Chapter VIII (part 5 of 6)
21. 21Chapter VIII (part 6 of 6)
22. 22Chapter IX (part 1 of 5)
23. 23Chapter IX (part 2 of 5)
24. 24Chapter IX (part 3 of 5)
25. 25Chapter IX (part 4 of 5)
26. 26Chapter IX (part 5 of 5)
27. 27Chapter X

Public domain. The author died more than seventy years ago and the work was published before 1931. Text from Project Gutenberg, lightly formatted for reading in Aide (Scripture references written in Roman numerals are shown in ordinary numerals so they can be tapped). Source: Project Gutenberg. The text is as the author wrote it, in the language of his day; spelling and punctuation may differ from today’s. Reading it is not an endorsement of everything it says.