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" We were indeed amazed to see a poor commonalty so capable to argue upon points of government, and on the bounds to be set to the power of princes in matters of religion ; upon all these topics they had texts of Scripture at hand ; and were ready with... "
Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: With the Suppressed Passages of the ... - Page 508
by Gilbert Burnet - 1823
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 192

1900 - 608 pages
...and on the bounds to be set to the power of princes iu the matters of religion. Upon all these points they had texts of Scripture at hand, and were ready with their answers to anything that was said to them. This measure of knowledge was spread even amongst tha meanest of them,...
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The History of the State and Sufferings of the Church of Scotland ..., Volume 1

William Crookshank - Scotland - 1812 - 420 pages
...indeed amazed to see a poor commonalty so cap'able to argue upon the points of government, and oil the bounds to be set to the power of princes in matters of religion. This measure of knowledge was spread among the meanest of them, their cottagers and servants. The last...
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Essays on the Apocalypse, with illustrations from English history

Richard Burdon Sanderson - Bible - 1838 - 286 pages
...We were indeed amazed to fee a poor commonalty, so capable of arguing upon points of government, and on the bounds to be set to the power of princes in...to them. This measure of knowledge was spread even amongst the meanest of them, their cottagers, and their servants. We staid about three months in the...
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Sketches of Scottish Church History: Embracing the Period from the ..., Volume 1

Thomas M'Crie - Reformation - 1841 - 602 pages
...crowds. We were indeed amazed to see a poor commonalty so capable to argue upon points of government, and on the bounds to be set to the power of princes in...meanest of them, their cottagers and their servants." * "So they returned disappointed of that senseless wyle, the like of which they never essayed, first...
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Miscellaneous Writings, Chiefly Historical

Thomas M'Crie - Christian biography - 1841 - 704 pages
...crowds. We were indeed amazed to see a poor commonalty so capable to argue upon points of government, or on the bounds to be set to the power of princes in...ready with their answers to any thing that was said to them.f * History of the Church of Scotland, MS. t [The whole history of this period shows, that the...
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Annals of the Persecution in Scotland: From the Restoration to the Revolution

James Aikman - Persecution - 1842 - 604 pages
...crowds. We were indeed amazed to see a poor commonalty so capable to argue upon points of government, and on the bounds to be set to the power of princes in matters of religion. Upon all these topies they had texts of Scripture at hand, and were ready with their answers to any thing that was...
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Annals of the Persecution in Scotland, from the Restoration to the Revolution

James Aikman - Covenanters - 1842 - 586 pages
...crowds. We were indeed amazed to see a poor commonalty so capable to argue upon points of government, and on the bounds to be set to the power of princes in matters of religion. Upon all these topies they had texts of Scripture at hand, and were ready with their answers to any thing that was...
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History of the Church of Scotland ... to 1841

William Maxwell Hetherington - 1843 - 322 pages
...he, " to see a poor commonalty so capahle to argue upon points of government, and on the hounds to he set to the power of princes in matters of religion. Upon all these topics they had texts at hand, and were ready with their answers to any thing that was said to them. This measure of knowledge...
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The History of the Church of Scotland: From the Reformation to the ..., Volume 2

Thomas Stephen - Scotland - 1844 - 724 pages
...crowds. We were indeed amazed to see a poor commonalty so capable to argue upon points of government, and on the bounds to be set to the power of princes in...with their answers to any thing that was said to them 1 ." This preaching crusade came to nothing, " for as soon as they were gone, a set of these hot preachers...
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The History of the Church of Scotland: From the Reformation to the ..., Volume 2

Thomas Stephen - Scotland - 1844 - 752 pages
...commonalty so capable 1 True and Impartial Account, pp. 68, 69. to argue upon points of government, and on the bounds to be set to the power of princes in...ready with their answers to any thing that was said to them1." This preaching crusade came to nothing, " for as soon as they were gone, a set of these hot...
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