The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the Restoration to the Revolution, Volume 1Blackie & Son, 1835 |
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... matter , my opinion is thus ; that it is like to swell too much upon our hands , because the subject is copious . As this will make the history too bulky and chargeable , it must be avoided as much as possible . To this end I would ...
... matter , my opinion is thus ; that it is like to swell too much upon our hands , because the subject is copious . As this will make the history too bulky and chargeable , it must be avoided as much as possible . To this end I would ...
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... matter of regret that the replies to these queries , were by no means so full as might have been wished ; and yet there are in the MS . letters entitled " For- eign Literature , " many valuable articles of miscellaneous information ...
... matter of regret that the replies to these queries , were by no means so full as might have been wished ; and yet there are in the MS . letters entitled " For- eign Literature , " many valuable articles of miscellaneous information ...
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... matter of our Culdees handled , which tinct and large account of matters , which II own nobody yet hath done to any purpose , heartily wish had been long since published . save the hints Sir James Dalrymple hath given Indeed , his style ...
... matter of our Culdees handled , which tinct and large account of matters , which II own nobody yet hath done to any purpose , heartily wish had been long since published . save the hints Sir James Dalrymple hath given Indeed , his style ...
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... matter of fact would be continued , and references for fuller accounts made to them . But I wish the unlucky turns that Spotswood gives to matters , and the facts which , as a com- plete party man , he suppresseth , were to be taken ...
... matter of fact would be continued , and references for fuller accounts made to them . But I wish the unlucky turns that Spotswood gives to matters , and the facts which , as a com- plete party man , he suppresseth , were to be taken ...
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... matters here ; and when I am for some time out of the road of writing , I find myself ready to forget my friends even ... matter , though many times I may . The visitors of the College , in September , de- clared the election of a new ...
... matters here ; and when I am for some time out of the road of writing , I find myself ready to forget my friends even ... matter , though many times I may . The visitors of the College , in September , de- clared the election of a new ...
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Page 333 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 195 - That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
Page 193 - For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Page 70 - God, endeavour in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the Church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, according to the Word of God, and the example of the best reformed Churches...
Page 152 - ... in such a frame as shall be most agreeable to the word of GOD, most suitable to monarchical government, and most complying with the public peace and quiet of the kingdom.
Page 191 - I have made thee this day, a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
Page 297 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 70 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the Word and Sacraments, or the power of the keys of the Kingdom of heaven: yet he hath authority, and it is his duty to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered and observed.
Page xxiii - I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim : for I am God, and not man ; the Holy One in the midst of thee : and I will not enter into the city.
Page 81 - We do also resolve to protect and preserve the government of the Church of Scotland, as it is settled by law...