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... appearance in arms at Bothwell Bridge rebellion , and because I would not take the bond . I am so far from thinking it rebellion , that I bless God I was a man to be there , though a man most unable for war , and unskilful because of my ...
... appearance in arms at Bothwell Bridge rebellion , and because I would not take the bond . I am so far from thinking it rebellion , that I bless God I was a man to be there , though a man most unable for war , and unskilful because of my ...
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... appearance , but this has arisen from its present possessor very wisely . having forbidden its being washed . The tradition is that it was at the battle of Bothwell Bridge . It originally belonged to a family of the name of Thomson ...
... appearance , but this has arisen from its present possessor very wisely . having forbidden its being washed . The tradition is that it was at the battle of Bothwell Bridge . It originally belonged to a family of the name of Thomson ...
Page 115
... appearance of being a correct copy . The probability is that it is the original , while that now on the stones is modern . The lettering on the old stone has evidently been cut considerably within this century . It seems that the old ...
... appearance of being a correct copy . The probability is that it is the original , while that now on the stones is modern . The lettering on the old stone has evidently been cut considerably within this century . It seems that the old ...
Page 123
... appearance . But once within it , and its waterfalls , its deep pools , its rugged precipices , its many noble trees that rise up along its sides , and the magnificent view of the country away southwards , to be had at its upper end ...
... appearance . But once within it , and its waterfalls , its deep pools , its rugged precipices , its many noble trees that rise up along its sides , and the magnificent view of the country away southwards , to be had at its upper end ...
Page 124
... appearance , is one of the first objects to arrest the eye of the visitor on entering the enclosure . It is a slab of freestone , four feet two inches in length by two feet eight inches in breadth . It has the following inscription : At ...
... appearance , is one of the first objects to arrest the eye of the visitor on entering the enclosure . It is a slab of freestone , four feet two inches in length by two feet eight inches in breadth . It has the following inscription : At ...
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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,