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Page 433
... Christ- ianity . The Moors were defeated ; but Douglas , giving way to his impetuous valor , pursued the enemy too eagerly , and , throwing among them the casket which contained the heart of his sove- reign , cried out , Now pass thou ...
... Christ- ianity . The Moors were defeated ; but Douglas , giving way to his impetuous valor , pursued the enemy too eagerly , and , throwing among them the casket which contained the heart of his sove- reign , cried out , Now pass thou ...
Page 473
... Christ . And this persecutor , a few days after , being seized with a frenzy , and dying in that condition , it was believed and affirmed with confidence that Mr. Hamilton was an in- nocent man and a martyr . A deed so affecting , from ...
... Christ . And this persecutor , a few days after , being seized with a frenzy , and dying in that condition , it was believed and affirmed with confidence that Mr. Hamilton was an in- nocent man and a martyr . A deed so affecting , from ...
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... Christ . Fire was communicated to the faggots . From a balcony in a tower of his castle , which was hung with tapestry , the cardinal and the pre- lates , reclining upon rich cushions , beheld the inhuman scene . This insolent triumph ...
... Christ . Fire was communicated to the faggots . From a balcony in a tower of his castle , which was hung with tapestry , the cardinal and the pre- lates , reclining upon rich cushions , beheld the inhuman scene . This insolent triumph ...
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... Christ ; and , by the opprobrious title of the Congregation of Satan , they peculiar- ised the favorers of Popery . After the leaders of the reformation had subscribed the first cove- nant they addressed letters to Knox , urging in the ...
... Christ ; and , by the opprobrious title of the Congregation of Satan , they peculiar- ised the favorers of Popery . After the leaders of the reformation had subscribed the first cove- nant they addressed letters to Knox , urging in the ...
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... Christ Jesus . VÌ . The wicked and licentious lives of the bishops and estate ecclesi- astical shall be reformed ; and , if they discharge not the duties of true and faithful pastors , they shall be compelled to desis . from their ...
... Christ Jesus . VÌ . The wicked and licentious lives of the bishops and estate ecclesi- astical shall be reformed ; and , if they discharge not the duties of true and faithful pastors , they shall be compelled to desis . from their ...
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Page 635 - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me : And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Page 677 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Page 594 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Page 743 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 596 - Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer ; For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 628 - Matthew then, among the Jews, wrote a Gospel in their own language, while Peter and Paul were preaching the Gospel at Rome, and founding a church there : and after their exit...
Page 582 - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 594 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 604 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
Page 603 - We entertain a suspicion concerning any matter of fact when the witnesses contradict each other, when they are but few or of a doubtful character, when they have an interest in what they affirm, when they deliver their testimony with hesitation, or, on the contrary, with too violent asseverations. There are many other particulars of the same kind which may diminish or destroy the force of any argument derived from human testimony.