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... hath emboldened me , great King , to dedicate this work to thee with due regard , and in a way of humble address to approach thy royal presence . Be pleased therefore , accord- ing to thy wonted goodness , to excuse this modest freedom ...
... hath emboldened me , great King , to dedicate this work to thee with due regard , and in a way of humble address to approach thy royal presence . Be pleased therefore , accord- ing to thy wonted goodness , to excuse this modest freedom ...
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... hath been much greater in Holland than if I had composed the work in England , would have made me give it over . But I went on , and so finished this history in that form as it now appears . : And I am not without thoughts , that I was ...
... hath been much greater in Holland than if I had composed the work in England , would have made me give it over . But I went on , and so finished this history in that form as it now appears . : And I am not without thoughts , that I was ...
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... hath furnished me with abundance of materials , not only very useful , but also absolutely necessary for the ... hath not been for want of matter that this history hath not run out farther , since I could have made it thrice as big , if ...
... hath furnished me with abundance of materials , not only very useful , but also absolutely necessary for the ... hath not been for want of matter that this history hath not run out farther , since I could have made it thrice as big , if ...
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... since experience hath taught that imagi- nation sometimes works so powerfully on the mind , that one thinks himself obliged to do a thing which were better left undone . Yet for all that , it is true , that THE PREFACE . xiii.
... since experience hath taught that imagi- nation sometimes works so powerfully on the mind , that one thinks himself obliged to do a thing which were better left undone . Yet for all that , it is true , that THE PREFACE . xiii.
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... hath been stamped with the odious denomination of stubborness and stiff- neckedness ; but they have borne this patiently , believing that it was their duty to persevere immoveably in minding their christian profes sion , and in ...
... hath been stamped with the odious denomination of stubborness and stiff- neckedness ; but they have borne this patiently , believing that it was their duty to persevere immoveably in minding their christian profes sion , and in ...
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Page 457 - He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Page 308 - And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned, and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
Page 373 - Let your women keep silence in the churches : for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Page 134 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).
Page 115 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 34 - And when all my hopes in them and in all men were gone, so that I had nothing outwardly to help me, nor could tell what to do, then, Oh then, I heard a voice which said, ' There is one, even Christ Jesus, that can speak to thy condition ', and when I heard it my heart did leap for joy.
Page 385 - And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Page 91 - Look unto me, all ye ends of the earth, and be ye saved.
Page 52 - How can ye believe, who receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour which cometh of God only?
Page 423 - And I lie even among the children of men, that are set on fire, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.