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... James Kirk ; Irongray - Edward Gordon , Alexander M'Cubine ; Lochenkit - John Gordon , William Stuart , William Heron , John Wallace ; Glencairn - John Gibson , James Bennoch , Robert Edgar , Robert b Mitchell ; Balmaghie - David ...
... James Kirk ; Irongray - Edward Gordon , Alexander M'Cubine ; Lochenkit - John Gordon , William Stuart , William Heron , John Wallace ; Glencairn - John Gibson , James Bennoch , Robert Edgar , Robert b Mitchell ; Balmaghie - David ...
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... James and Robert Duns , Thomas and John Stevenson , James M'Clure , Andrew M'Call ; Tweedsmuir - John Hunter ; North Ber- wick - John Blackader . Should any Martyr's Grave in Scotland have been overlooked by me , it will be a favour if ...
... James and Robert Duns , Thomas and John Stevenson , James M'Clure , Andrew M'Call ; Tweedsmuir - John Hunter ; North Ber- wick - John Blackader . Should any Martyr's Grave in Scotland have been overlooked by me , it will be a favour if ...
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... James Wood , Andrew Sword , John Waddel , and John Clyde . At a visit in the close of the follow- ing August , we found somebody had been there in the over . interval , and had dug some three or four inches Cupar , Magus Moor , and St ...
... James Wood , Andrew Sword , John Waddel , and John Clyde . At a visit in the close of the follow- ing August , we found somebody had been there in the over . interval , and had dug some three or four inches Cupar , Magus Moor , and St ...
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... James Wood , Andrew Sword , John Waddel , and John Clyd , who suffered Martyrdom at Magus - Muir , November 25th , 1679 , and ly buried in a Corn - Field near Magus- Muir , hath this inscription— ' CAUSE we at Bothwel did appear ...
... James Wood , Andrew Sword , John Waddel , and John Clyd , who suffered Martyrdom at Magus - Muir , November 25th , 1679 , and ly buried in a Corn - Field near Magus- Muir , hath this inscription— ' CAUSE we at Bothwel did appear ...
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... James Wood is said to belong to " the sherrefdom of Ayr in the Parish of Newmills ; " Andrew Sword to be a " weaver in Galloway in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and parish of Barry ; " John Waddel to have lived " in the Parish of New ...
... James Wood is said to belong to " the sherrefdom of Ayr in the Parish of Newmills ; " Andrew Sword to be a " weaver in Galloway in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and parish of Barry ; " John Waddel to have lived " in the Parish of New ...
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Page 33 - And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree : his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day ; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God ;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Page 106 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 200 - I know in whom I have believed, and that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
Page 127 - Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people : for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Page 274 - But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Page 26 - God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it, in matters of faith or worship.
Page 218 - O cruel woman, how can you name his name to me ? the first news I expect to hear of him is, that he is hanged for a thief.
Page 239 - Knox and Welch !" exclaimed he, " the devil never made such a match as that." — " It's right like, sir," said she, "for we never speired* his advice." He asked her how many children her father had left, and if they were lads or lasses. She said three, and they were all lasses,