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... pastors , whose engaging familiarity , and sanctity of manners , had gained them the esteem and love of their flocks . But if they had determined to suffer rather than renounce the covenant and their beloved presbytery , the bishops ...
... pastors , whose engaging familiarity , and sanctity of manners , had gained them the esteem and love of their flocks . But if they had determined to suffer rather than renounce the covenant and their beloved presbytery , the bishops ...
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... pastors were soon forbidden to preach even in the fields , or to approach within twenty miles of their former charges ; and all the peo- ple , as well as their pastors , who were not pre- pared to abjure their dearest rights , and to ...
... pastors were soon forbidden to preach even in the fields , or to approach within twenty miles of their former charges ; and all the peo- ple , as well as their pastors , who were not pre- pared to abjure their dearest rights , and to ...
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... pastor , with Andrew and Mary holding each other by the hand , before him , and his wife by his side , slowly and silently left the manse . The two youngsters tripping on cheer- fully , happy enough that they were going with their ...
... pastor , with Andrew and Mary holding each other by the hand , before him , and his wife by his side , slowly and silently left the manse . The two youngsters tripping on cheer- fully , happy enough that they were going with their ...
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... pastors , whom the unwise politicians of those times thought to force into their measures by the violence of persecution . Mr. Hill , the farmer of Braeside , a worthy old bachelor , had rendered his house as comfortable as he possi ...
... pastors , whom the unwise politicians of those times thought to force into their measures by the violence of persecution . Mr. Hill , the farmer of Braeside , a worthy old bachelor , had rendered his house as comfortable as he possi ...
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... pastor ( for such they still con- sidered him ) and his family . They had thus a plentiful supply of all the ... pastors were a continual reproach on the vicious habits and indolent dispositions of many of those prophets of Baal , as ...
... pastor ( for such they still con- sidered him ) and his family . They had thus a plentiful supply of all the ... pastors were a continual reproach on the vicious habits and indolent dispositions of many of those prophets of Baal , as ...
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The Persecuted Family: A Narrative of the Sufferings of the Covenanters in ... Robert Pollok No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 55 - The Lord is on my side, I will not fear what man doeth unto me.
Page 35 - I'll not want ; He makes me down to lie ' m m In pastures green ; He leadeth me The qui- et wa - ters by. 205 1 THE Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want ; He makes me down to lie In pastures green ; He leadeth me The quiet waters by.
Page 12 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, — Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 34 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Page 12 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year. Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour, Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise.
Page 32 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 82 - Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory : where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained ? Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting.
Page 35 - Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, Yet will I fear none ill ; For thou art with me ; and thy rod And staff me comfort still.
Page 23 - Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. He stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And...
Page 1 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.