Memoirs of the persecutions of Protestants in France; before and under the revocation of the Edict of Nantes: to which is added, An essay on providence, by L. de Marolles, tr. by J. Martin |
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... duke d'Aumale , brother to the duke of Guise , though he had espoused one of her daughters . As factions increased , and intrigues abounded , many withdrew from court to their own estates . Of that number were the prince of Condé , the ...
... duke d'Aumale , brother to the duke of Guise , though he had espoused one of her daughters . As factions increased , and intrigues abounded , many withdrew from court to their own estates . Of that number were the prince of Condé , the ...
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... duke of Guise with the sovereign command of his armies . Troops were instantly sent against the rebellious ; Renaudie was slain ; his adherents fled ; many fell by the sword ; and many by torments too dreadful to describe . The streets ...
... duke of Guise with the sovereign command of his armies . Troops were instantly sent against the rebellious ; Renaudie was slain ; his adherents fled ; many fell by the sword ; and many by torments too dreadful to describe . The streets ...
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... duke of Guise , and the marshal de St. An- dre . This party , in allusion to similar factions in the ancient common wealth of Rome , was called the TRIUMVIRATE ; and they who formed it , greatly abridged the queen's authority . Under ...
... duke of Guise , and the marshal de St. An- dre . This party , in allusion to similar factions in the ancient common wealth of Rome , was called the TRIUMVIRATE ; and they who formed it , greatly abridged the queen's authority . Under ...
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... duke of Guise passing through Vassy , in Champagne , with a numerous retinue , many of his valets and soldiers behaved illiberally to a congregation of protestants , who were were then hearing a sermon in a barn . The ( 24 )
... duke of Guise passing through Vassy , in Champagne , with a numerous retinue , many of his valets and soldiers behaved illiberally to a congregation of protestants , who were were then hearing a sermon in a barn . The ( 24 )
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... Duke interested himself in the quarrel ; the consequence was , two hundred were wounded , and sixty left dead upon the spot . This was the first blood that was shed in the civil war ; but how much afterwards was shed at Dreux ; at St ...
... Duke interested himself in the quarrel ; the consequence was , two hundred were wounded , and sixty left dead upon the spot . This was the first blood that was shed in the civil war ; but how much afterwards was shed at Dreux ; at St ...
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Page 187 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 202 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 190 - For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Page x - For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Page xxiii - And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them; Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Page 200 - But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me ; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Page 144 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon al the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Page xv - I am Alpha and. Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Page 138 - Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace ; and labour, working with our own hands : being reviled, we bless ; being persecuted, we suffer it : being defamed, we intreat : we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
Page 184 - Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground. A fruitful land into barrenness ; for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.