The martyr graves of Scotland: travels of a country minister |
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... sent to London by his brethren to look after the interests of Presby- terianism in Scotland , and his letters , written with a kind of studied unctuousness , entirely deceived his brethren until the time for action was past . Their ...
... sent to London by his brethren to look after the interests of Presby- terianism in Scotland , and his letters , written with a kind of studied unctuousness , entirely deceived his brethren until the time for action was past . Their ...
Page 21
... sent by a neighbouring farmer's wife , told them the bishop's coach was near . This at once changed their purpose . They had missed the servant , but the master , their arch - enemy , and the fountain of all the evil they had suffered ...
... sent by a neighbouring farmer's wife , told them the bishop's coach was near . This at once changed their purpose . They had missed the servant , but the master , their arch - enemy , and the fountain of all the evil they had suffered ...
Page 39
... sent to Dunnottar . " On the death of Charles II . , Shields was taken to Scotland , where he was kept for some months in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh , until , when on the eve of being sent to the Bass , he managed to escape , dis- guised ...
... sent to Dunnottar . " On the death of Charles II . , Shields was taken to Scotland , where he was kept for some months in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh , until , when on the eve of being sent to the Bass , he managed to escape , dis- guised ...
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... sent down to Scotland , and his ex- aminations before the Privy Council . It is curious as showing Shields ' powers of fence , and the readiness with which the officials of the Government of that age sought to proclaim the doctrine of ...
... sent down to Scotland , and his ex- aminations before the Privy Council . It is curious as showing Shields ' powers of fence , and the readiness with which the officials of the Government of that age sought to proclaim the doctrine of ...
Page 48
... sent to " instruct and edify our countrymen in said colony ; " " and who also might , through the blessing of God , be useful in propagating the glorious light of the Gospel among the pagan nations , and contribute to their conversion ...
... sent to " instruct and edify our countrymen in said colony ; " " and who also might , through the blessing of God , be useful in propagating the glorious light of the Gospel among the pagan nations , and contribute to their conversion ...
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Popular passages
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,