An Apologetical Relation of the Particular Sufferings of the Faithful Ministers and Professors of the Church of Scotland, Since August 1660: Wherein Several Questions, Useful for the Time are Discussed; the King's Prerogative Over Parliaments and People Soberly Inquired Into; the Lawfulness of Defensive War Cleared; the Supreme Magistrate's Power in Church Matters Examined; Mr. Stillingfleet's Notion Concerning the Divine Right Or Forms of Church Government Considered; the Author of "The Seasonable Case" Answered; Other Particulars, Such as the Hearing of the Curates Appearing Before the High Commission Court, Etc., Canvassed ... |
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... persons , and in church causes , began and was carried on in England . - How the same was advanced to a great height in Scotland . - What sense this king and the late parliament did put upon the oath of allegiance , by their acts and ...
... persons , and in church causes , began and was carried on in England . - How the same was advanced to a great height in Scotland . - What sense this king and the late parliament did put upon the oath of allegiance , by their acts and ...
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... person when he should be com- manded , as the petition bears ; which being at length heard and considered , the lords of council ordain the suppliant to be put at liberty forthwith of the Tolbooth , he first obliging himself to remove ...
... person when he should be com- manded , as the petition bears ; which being at length heard and considered , the lords of council ordain the suppliant to be put at liberty forthwith of the Tolbooth , he first obliging himself to remove ...
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... persons . How dreadful a thing is it to say , that Christ casteth out devils by Beelzebub the prince of devils ! 4. Thou mayest see clearly , that the cause for which thou dost now suffer is the cause of Christ . His enemies would pull ...
... persons . How dreadful a thing is it to say , that Christ casteth out devils by Beelzebub the prince of devils ! 4. Thou mayest see clearly , that the cause for which thou dost now suffer is the cause of Christ . His enemies would pull ...
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... persons unto perjury and blasphemy , which is the height of wickedness , do put the matter beyond all doubt . And is not this enough to make thy soul loath and stand aloof from these ways , and to bless God for his preserving thy soul ...
... persons unto perjury and blasphemy , which is the height of wickedness , do put the matter beyond all doubt . And is not this enough to make thy soul loath and stand aloof from these ways , and to bless God for his preserving thy soul ...
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... persons and bodies of such , who have voluntarily enslaved their souls to set them on high . O that the nobles and gentry of the land would at length resent this indignity , and observe the hand of God punishing them with a whip of ...
... persons and bodies of such , who have voluntarily enslaved their souls to set them on high . O that the nobles and gentry of the land would at length resent this indignity , and observe the hand of God punishing them with a whip of ...
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Page 69 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition, acknowledgment, abjuration, renunciation, and promise, heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian : So help me God.
Page 208 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Page 69 - 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 144 - This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Page 160 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another; and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 177 - I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
Page 9 - For ye have need of patience; that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Page 144 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...
Page 143 - If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed : for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Page 149 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men : for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites. For ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer : therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.