Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: Including the Supplement to the First Edition. With Elucidations, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1859 - Great Britain |
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... believe myself , not very exultingly , to be the first actual reader for nearly two Centuries past . - Nevertheless these Documents do exist , authentic though de faced ; and invite every one who would know that Period , to study them ...
... believe myself , not very exultingly , to be the first actual reader for nearly two Centuries past . - Nevertheless these Documents do exist , authentic though de faced ; and invite every one who would know that Period , to study them ...
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... believe that , to certain patient earnest readers , these old dim Letters of a noble English Man might , as they had done to myself , become dimly legible again ; might dimly present , better than all other evidence , the noble figure ...
... believe that , to certain patient earnest readers , these old dim Letters of a noble English Man might , as they had done to myself , become dimly legible again ; might dimly present , better than all other evidence , the noble figure ...
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... believe that these Puritans do mean what they say , and to try unimpeded if he can discover what that is . Gradually a very stupendous phenomenon may rise on his astonished eye . A practical world based on Belief in God ; — such as many ...
... believe that these Puritans do mean what they say , and to try unimpeded if he can discover what that is . Gradually a very stupendous phenomenon may rise on his astonished eye . A practical world based on Belief in God ; — such as many ...
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... estate of Slepe- all . It is at present used for a Boarding - school : the worthy inhabitants believe it to be liver's : and even point out his ' Chapel ' or secret Puritan Sermon - room in 84 [ 11 Jan PART I. BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR .
... estate of Slepe- all . It is at present used for a Boarding - school : the worthy inhabitants believe it to be liver's : and even point out his ' Chapel ' or secret Puritan Sermon - room in 84 [ 11 Jan PART I. BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR .
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... believe him . Walker * testifies that the Vicar of St. Ives , Rev. Henry Downet , was ejected with his curate in 1642 ; an act which Cromwell could have hindered , had he been willing to testify that they were fit clergymen . Alas , had ...
... believe him . Walker * testifies that the Vicar of St. Ives , Rev. Henry Downet , was ejected with his curate in 1642 ; an act which Cromwell could have hindered , had he been willing to testify that they were fit clergymen . Alas , had ...
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Page 437 - The Lord said unto my Lord : Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion : rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power ; in the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning : thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Page 448 - Is it therefore infallibly agreeable to the Word of God, all that you say? I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
Page 188 - NOT UNTO us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Page 448 - In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people...
Page 539 - Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. 133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Page 109 - I came into the House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hatband. His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish; his...
Page 169 - Honest men served you faithfully in this action. Sir, they are trusty; I beseech you, in the name of God, not to discourage them. I wish this action may beget thankfulness and humility in all that are concerned in it. He that ventures his life for the liberty of his country, I wish he trust God for the liberty of his conscience, and you for the liberty he fights for.
Page 97 - You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh, I lived in and loved darkness, and hated the light. I was a chief, the chief of sinners.
Page 542 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields: shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife ? a,9 thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Page 424 - What can we say to these things ! If God be for us, who can be against us?