Martyrs for the truth: being the last words and dying testimonies of the worthies of Scotland who suffered for the truth since the year 1680, collated, with notes, by a clergyman of the Church of ScotlandWard, Lock, 1883 - 562 pages |
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... keep awake the drowsy . In short , the ministrations of the church were all addressed to the understanding , and to the hearts of the people ; and what was worst of all , the peo- ple were taught to understand more both of religion and ...
... keep awake the drowsy . In short , the ministrations of the church were all addressed to the understanding , and to the hearts of the people ; and what was worst of all , the peo- ple were taught to understand more both of religion and ...
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... keep speaking with my Lord ! " Being informed that the public service had commenced , he said , " Give me , O Lord , to see and feel the things which others are at this moment hearing . " About mid - day , a certain person thus spoke to ...
... keep speaking with my Lord ! " Being informed that the public service had commenced , he said , " Give me , O Lord , to see and feel the things which others are at this moment hearing . " About mid - day , a certain person thus spoke to ...
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... keep her meetings , and conventions and assemblies ; but also to judge of all her affairs , in all her meetings and conventions amongst her members and subjects . These two points , First , That Christ is the head of his church ...
... keep her meetings , and conventions and assemblies ; but also to judge of all her affairs , in all her meetings and conventions amongst her members and subjects . These two points , First , That Christ is the head of his church ...
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... keep the passover unto the Lord at Jeru salem , 2 Chron . xxx . 6 , 7 , though their own princes did not come along with them ; yea , and it is nature's law , warranted by the word , that nations should encourage , and stir up one ...
... keep the passover unto the Lord at Jeru salem , 2 Chron . xxx . 6 , 7 , though their own princes did not come along with them ; yea , and it is nature's law , warranted by the word , that nations should encourage , and stir up one ...
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... keep his way , without casting away your confidence ; fear not to be drowned in the depths of the troubles that may attend this land , God will hide you under his shadow , and keep you in the hollow of his hand . Be sober and of a meek ...
... keep his way , without casting away your confidence ; fear not to be drowned in the depths of the troubles that may attend this land , God will hide you under his shadow , and keep you in the hollow of his hand . Be sober and of a meek ...
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Page 188 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you: Who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, And of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the Lord thy maker, That hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth ; And hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, As if he were ready to destroy ? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
Page 504 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Page 526 - Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Page 240 - 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 554 - Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem , which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Page 236 - ... when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 220 - Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while ye be with him: and if ye seek him, he will be found of you: but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Page 431 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Page 188 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 399 - For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law...