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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... thee some good . After this , of me thou canst receive no more , except the ensample of my death , which I pray thee to bear in mind ; for albeit the same be bitter to the flesh and fear- ful before men , yet is it the entrance to ...
... thee some good . After this , of me thou canst receive no more , except the ensample of my death , which I pray thee to bear in mind ; for albeit the same be bitter to the flesh and fear- ful before men , yet is it the entrance to ...
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... thee to answer be- fore the judgment - seat of Christ . " * In a little after , the fire was kindled , and the noble martyr died , exclaiming , " How long , O Lord , shall darkness overwhelm this realm ? How long wilt thou suffer this ...
... thee to answer be- fore the judgment - seat of Christ . " * In a little after , the fire was kindled , and the noble martyr died , exclaiming , " How long , O Lord , shall darkness overwhelm this realm ? How long wilt thou suffer this ...
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... thee . " On Monday the 24th , which was the last day he spent on earth : being asked by Campbell of Kinzeancleugh , if he had any pain , he replied : " It is no painful pain , but such a pain as shall I trust put an end to the battle ...
... thee . " On Monday the 24th , which was the last day he spent on earth : being asked by Campbell of Kinzeancleugh , if he had any pain , he replied : " It is no painful pain , but such a pain as shall I trust put an end to the battle ...
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... thee , " added he , " in the faint glass of the word , as through a glass darkly ; allow me that long and much wished for en- joyment , of the light of thy countenance for eternity . " He then dis- coursed of the resurrection and ...
... thee , " added he , " in the faint glass of the word , as through a glass darkly ; allow me that long and much wished for en- joyment , of the light of thy countenance for eternity . " He then dis- coursed of the resurrection and ...
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... thee . O , come and take it , that I may for ever be thine ! " When he had said this , he fell into a soft rest for a little ; but on awakening , be thus resumed " Come , Lord Jesus , " said he , " break the thread of this miserable ...
... thee . O , come and take it , that I may for ever be thine ! " When he had said this , he fell into a soft rest for a little ; but on awakening , be thus resumed " Come , Lord Jesus , " said he , " break the thread of this miserable ...
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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...