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... says they were " intented , " ie . , prosecuted , " before the Justiciary , July 11. " They were members of a Society in Fife for prayer and conference . This Society had issued a Paper styled , " A Testimony against the Evils of the ...
... says they were " intented , " ie . , prosecuted , " before the Justiciary , July 11. " They were members of a Society in Fife for prayer and conference . This Society had issued a Paper styled , " A Testimony against the Evils of the ...
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... says , in his Testimony , " I am but a very young man to have such a lot and dispensation cast in my way as is this day , and for mine age it is but small in account and few in number about twenty - one years of age . And I may say ...
... says , in his Testimony , " I am but a very young man to have such a lot and dispensation cast in my way as is this day , and for mine age it is but small in account and few in number about twenty - one years of age . And I may say ...
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... says Russell , " from his cruel courses . " Saturday , the 3d of May 1679 , when they learned he was to be out hunting , was fixed for the attempt . Early in the morning twelve of their number met together , among whom were David ...
... says Russell , " from his cruel courses . " Saturday , the 3d of May 1679 , when they learned he was to be out hunting , was fixed for the attempt . Early in the morning twelve of their number met together , among whom were David ...
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... says Russell , pleaded for his life . The dead body was left to the care of the servants , and the nine rode away deliberately to the spot where they had left their cloaks . On the way they met a man well mounted , and finding he was ...
... says Russell , pleaded for his life . The dead body was left to the care of the servants , and the nine rode away deliberately to the spot where they had left their cloaks . On the way they met a man well mounted , and finding he was ...
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... says he has some letters written by him , that show him to have been " a countryman of some knowledge and serious- ness . " He suffered at the Gallowlee , between Edin- burgh and Leith . His last speech is in the " Cloud . of Witnesses ...
... says he has some letters written by him , that show him to have been " a countryman of some knowledge and serious- ness . " He suffered at the Gallowlee , between Edin- burgh and Leith . His last speech is in the " Cloud . of Witnesses ...
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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,