History of the Church of Scotland: From the Introduction of Christianity to the Period of the Disruption in 1843R. Carter, 1856 - 500 pages |
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... soon apparent . In vain did the best of the Scottish clergy oppose these innovations ; their more am- bitious brethren were but too ready to grasp at the proffered wealth and honour ; and at length , to save themselves from the ...
... soon apparent . In vain did the best of the Scottish clergy oppose these innovations ; their more am- bitious brethren were but too ready to grasp at the proffered wealth and honour ; and at length , to save themselves from the ...
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... Soon after that pe- riod arose the furious contests between the Scots and Picts , which ended in the complete overthrow of the latter , and their entire national extinction , the con- quered and the conquerors becoming so thoroughly ...
... Soon after that pe- riod arose the furious contests between the Scots and Picts , which ended in the complete overthrow of the latter , and their entire national extinction , the con- quered and the conquerors becoming so thoroughly ...
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... soon after Scotland had secured its national independence , we find fresh indications of the growing power , wealth , and profligacy of the clergy . So early , indeed , as the reign of Malcolm II . , which began in 1004 , the ...
... soon after Scotland had secured its national independence , we find fresh indications of the growing power , wealth , and profligacy of the clergy . So early , indeed , as the reign of Malcolm II . , which began in 1004 , the ...
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... soon as life had Dundee , felt and owned the power of his left his quivering frame , she was dragged heavenly eloquence ; and much of his to a pool of water close at hand , with her time and labours were spent in the latter babe still ...
... soon as life had Dundee , felt and owned the power of his left his quivering frame , she was dragged heavenly eloquence ; and much of his to a pool of water close at hand , with her time and labours were spent in the latter babe still ...
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... soon to die . He then retired to his private apartment , and remained in prayer till those came who were appointed to take him to the place of execution . They divested him of his usual attire , clad him with a loose garment of black ...
... soon to die . He then retired to his private apartment , and remained in prayer till those came who were appointed to take him to the place of execution . They divested him of his usual attire , clad him with a loose garment of black ...
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Page 294 - That king James II. having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between king and people; and, by the advice of jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby become vacant.
Page 239 - 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 their answers to any thing that was said to them. This measure of knowledge was spread even among the meanest of them, their cottagers, and their servants.
Page 303 - Presbyterian government throughout the whole kingdom, and several parts thereof, to try and purge out all insufficient, negligent, scandalous, and erroneous ministers, by due course of ecclesiastical process and censures ; and likewise for redressing all other church disorders.
Page 297 - That prelacy and the superiority of any office in the Church above presbyters is and hath been a great and insupportable grievance and trouble to this nation, and contrary to the inclinations of the generality of the people ever since the Reformation (they having reformed from popery by presbyters), and therefore ought to be abolished...
Page 105 - I must tell you, there are two kings and two kingdoms in Scotland: there is King James, the head of the commonwealth, and there is Christ Jesus, the King of the Church, whose subject James the Sixth is, and of whose kingdom he is not a king, nor a lord, nor a head, but
Page 419 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven : yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline...
Page 419 - There is no other head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ: nor can the Pope of Rome, in any sense be head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the Church against Christ, and all that is called God.
Page 280 - He kissed his wife and bairns, and wished purchased and promised blessings to be multiplied upon them, and his blessing. Claverhouse ordered six soldiers to shoot him; the most part of the bullets came upon his head, which scattered his brains upon the ground.
Page 45 - As for the fear of danger that may come to me," continued he, " let no man be solicitous ; for my life is in the custody of Him whose glory I seek. I desire the hand nor weapon of no man to defend me. I only crave audience ; which, if it be denied here unto me at this time, I must seek where I may have it.
Page 237 - Majesty and his successors as an inherent right to the crown; and that his Majesty and his successors may settle, enact and emit such constitutions, Acts and orders concerning the administration of the external government of the Church and the persons employed in the same, and concerning all ecclesiastical meetings and matters to be proposed and determined therein, as they in their royal wisdom shall think fit...