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21 ) ; - as the impious contrivers of the Covenant , ' whose prime minister ' appears in · England collecting round the devoted monarch the toils of the great rebellion --- scenting , not afar off , his blood in the blood of • Strafford ...
21 ) ; - as the impious contrivers of the Covenant , ' whose prime minister ' appears in · England collecting round the devoted monarch the toils of the great rebellion --- scenting , not afar off , his blood in the blood of • Strafford ...
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... which had been conceded to the Kirk of Scotland , by attempting to subvert the Presbyterian parity of its ministers , and to enforce upon its members a conformity in matters of faith and order to the Episcopal church of England .
... which had been conceded to the Kirk of Scotland , by attempting to subvert the Presbyterian parity of its ministers , and to enforce upon its members a conformity in matters of faith and order to the Episcopal church of England .
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... to restore to that country its ancient dignity , by placing the sceptre in the hands of a resident as well as a native prince . As the most likely means of success in this design , he supposes that they prevailed upon the ministers ...
... to restore to that country its ancient dignity , by placing the sceptre in the hands of a resident as well as a native prince . As the most likely means of success in this design , he supposes that they prevailed upon the ministers ...
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As to the charge of being agitators , it is not to be denied , that the ministers made the utmost use of their influence with the people for the purpose of exciting them against the measures of the king , and that some of them forgot ...
As to the charge of being agitators , it is not to be denied , that the ministers made the utmost use of their influence with the people for the purpose of exciting them against the measures of the king , and that some of them forgot ...
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This document was drawn up by Henderson , minister of Leuchars , and Johnstone , of Warriston , by order of the Tables , after a very decided instance of Charles's perfidy and obstinate determination to enforce his ecclesiastical ...
This document was drawn up by Henderson , minister of Leuchars , and Johnstone , of Warriston , by order of the Tables , after a very decided instance of Charles's perfidy and obstinate determination to enforce his ecclesiastical ...
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Seite 538 - How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Seite 412 - For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Seite 322 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Seite 412 - I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world. even as 1 am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Seite 342 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Seite 150 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Seite 322 - Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Seite 335 - In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
Seite 615 - John, you know what my sentiments have been. You cannot suspect me of favouring readily any thing of this kind. But take care what you do with respect to that young man, for he is as surely called of God to preach, as you are. Examine what have been the fruits of his preaching: and hear him also yourself.
Seite 367 - I shall leave him dressed to posterity in the colours I saw him in the next progress after his inauguration, which was as green as the grass he trod on, with a feather in his cap, and a horn, instead of a sword, by his side ; how suitable to his age, calling, or person, I leave others to judge from his pictures...