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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... things , may not be unworthy of your candid at- tention . I am , my dear friends , your obliged , Respectful , and faithful pastor , JOHN MARTIN . WINDMILL STREET , TOTTENHAM COURT , June 24 , 1793 . PREFACE PREFACE . W E cannot think ...
... things , may not be unworthy of your candid at- tention . I am , my dear friends , your obliged , Respectful , and faithful pastor , JOHN MARTIN . WINDMILL STREET , TOTTENHAM COURT , June 24 , 1793 . PREFACE PREFACE . W E cannot think ...
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... thing of this kind be ef- fectually done , if God did not sit at the helm , di- rect all affairs , and dispose of all events , accord- ing to the rules of righteousness and truth ? " " But in order to discover more fully the weak ...
... thing of this kind be ef- fectually done , if God did not sit at the helm , di- rect all affairs , and dispose of all events , accord- ing to the rules of righteousness and truth ? " " But in order to discover more fully the weak ...
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... thing in our power to acquire those sentiments and resolutions which are naturally produced by the circumstances attending persecution . The less our situation does for us , the more we should do for ourselves . Now it ap- pears to me ...
... thing in our power to acquire those sentiments and resolutions which are naturally produced by the circumstances attending persecution . The less our situation does for us , the more we should do for ourselves . Now it ap- pears to me ...
Page xix
... things which contribute to raise a man's spirits , and carry him through the dreadful scene with a good grace ; but solitary confinement tends to depress the mind ; and , in the cases before us , it was . attended with every thing that ...
... things which contribute to raise a man's spirits , and carry him through the dreadful scene with a good grace ; but solitary confinement tends to depress the mind ; and , in the cases before us , it was . attended with every thing that ...
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... thing in which true great- ness of mind , and dignity of sentiment , consist . This is discovered , not by the mere bearing of pain , but by the temper of mind with which it is borne . " " The reading of such works as these , besides ...
... thing in which true great- ness of mind , and dignity of sentiment , consist . This is discovered , not by the mere bearing of pain , but by the temper of mind with which it is borne . " " The reading of such works as these , besides ...
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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.