The Library of American Biography, Volume 4Hilliard, Gray, 1835 - United States |
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... thou hast learnt , which few have done ; The bounds of either sword to thee we owe ; Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leans In peace , and reckons thee her eldest son , ” CHAPTER XI . Cromwell's treasonable Ambition . - Disperses the ...
... thou hast learnt , which few have done ; The bounds of either sword to thee we owe ; Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leans In peace , and reckons thee her eldest son , ” CHAPTER XI . Cromwell's treasonable Ambition . - Disperses the ...
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... thou set at nought thy brother in matters of his faith and conscience , and herein intrude into the proper of- fice of Christ , since we are all to stand at the judgment - seat of Christ , whether governors or governed , and by his ...
... thou set at nought thy brother in matters of his faith and conscience , and herein intrude into the proper of- fice of Christ , since we are all to stand at the judgment - seat of Christ , whether governors or governed , and by his ...
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... Thou hast here a true narrative of the whole proceedings against Sir Henry Vane , Kt . , and his imprisonment in the Isle of Wight , occasion being taken ( as thou wilt find ) from his writing and publishing a Discourse , entitled , A ...
... Thou hast here a true narrative of the whole proceedings against Sir Henry Vane , Kt . , and his imprisonment in the Isle of Wight , occasion being taken ( as thou wilt find ) from his writing and publishing a Discourse , entitled , A ...
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... thou to go whither all the world goes ? He that fears not to die , fears nothing . From hence have proceeded the commendable resolutions and free speeches of virtue , uttered by men of whom the world hath not been worthy . A gallant ...
... thou to go whither all the world goes ? He that fears not to die , fears nothing . From hence have proceeded the commendable resolutions and free speeches of virtue , uttered by men of whom the world hath not been worthy . A gallant ...
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... thou whom our souls do love , tell us where thou feedest , and makest thy flock to rest at noon , under the scorching heat of man's persecuting wrath . " As " This your father hath found joy and comfort in , upon very large and ...
... thou whom our souls do love , tell us where thou feedest , and makest thy flock to rest at noon , under the scorching heat of man's persecuting wrath . " As " This your father hath found joy and comfort in , upon very large and ...
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Page 347 - And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 271 - Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them ; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Page 271 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her, and that right early.
Page 269 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.
Page 396 - Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.
Page 339 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Page 236 - Then to advise how war may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage; besides, to know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done. The bounds of either sword to thee we owe: Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leans In peace, and reckons thee her eldest son.
Page 303 - Such an improvement of the doctrine of the enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent...
Page 76 - I ordered the front line to advance and charge with trailed arms, and rouse the Indians from their coverts at the point of the bayonet, and when up, to deliver a close and well-directed fire on their backs, followed by a brisk charge, so as not to give them time to load again.
Page 271 - Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God.