The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year MDCXLVIII.

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T. Tegg, 1837 - Great Britain - 539 pages

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Page 49 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Page 125 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 47 - He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Page 190 - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to change...
Page 98 - If you aim at a Scottish Presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the devil. Then Jack, and Tom, and Will, and Dick, shall meet, and at their pleasure censure me and my council, and all our proceedings ; then Will shall stand up and say, It must be thus ; then Dick shall reply, Nay, marry, but we will have it thus.
Page 217 - That we shall sincerely, really, and constantly, through the grace of God, endeavour, in our several places and callings, the preservation of the ' Reformed religion in the church of Scotland in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies...
Page 123 - My lord, out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man hath concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
Page 217 - ... that we and our posterity after us may as brethren live in faith and love, and the Lord may delight to dwell in the midst of us.
Page 129 - The ordinary Bible read in the Church, commonly called the Bishops Bible, to be followed, and as little altered as the Truth of the original will permit.
Page 124 - God and the world that our Sovereign Lord King George is lawful and rightful King of this realm and all other his Majesty's dominions and countries thereunto belonging.

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