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... edition of the " Cloud of Witnesses , " there is the following : " Upon the Grave - stone of Thomas Brown , James Wood , Andrew Sword , John Waddel , and John Clyd , who suffered Martyrdom at Magus - Muir , November 25th , 1679 , and ly ...
... edition of the " Cloud of Witnesses , " there is the following : " Upon the Grave - stone of Thomas Brown , James Wood , Andrew Sword , John Waddel , and John Clyd , who suffered Martyrdom at Magus - Muir , November 25th , 1679 , and ly ...
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... edition of the " Cloud of Witnesses , " the gravestone is said to have been set up in 1728. A venerable father in the ministry assures us , that when he first visited Magus Moor , fifty or fifty - five years ago , there were three ...
... edition of the " Cloud of Witnesses , " the gravestone is said to have been set up in 1728. A venerable father in the ministry assures us , that when he first visited Magus Moor , fifty or fifty - five years ago , there were three ...
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... edition of Wodrow . Lely's power lay in faithfully putting upon canvas the weakness as well as the strength of those who sat to him , and he certainly has succeeded in preserving in Sharp's countenance the dissimulation , the treachery ...
... edition of Wodrow . Lely's power lay in faithfully putting upon canvas the weakness as well as the strength of those who sat to him , and he certainly has succeeded in preserving in Sharp's countenance the dissimulation , the treachery ...
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... edition of Kirk- ton's History , in the main bears out Wodrow . The Town Church , which contains Sharp's monu- ment , was that in which , in its earlier form , Alexander Shields , the associate of James Renwick , occupied for a time the ...
... edition of Kirk- ton's History , in the main bears out Wodrow . The Town Church , which contains Sharp's monu- ment , was that in which , in its earlier form , Alexander Shields , the associate of James Renwick , occupied for a time the ...
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... a bulky volume . It is seven times the length of the " Informatory Vindica- tion . " The edition of 1744 is a closely printed 12mo of 755 pages . Notwithstanding the rapidity with which it Cupar , Magus Moor , and St Andrews . 41.
... a bulky volume . It is seven times the length of the " Informatory Vindica- tion . " The edition of 1744 is a closely printed 12mo of 755 pages . Notwithstanding the rapidity with which it Cupar , Magus Moor , and St Andrews . 41.
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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,