The Sufferings of the Clergy of the Church of England During the Great Rebellion ... Carefully Abridged by R. Whittaker

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Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 1863 - Clergy - 184 pages
 

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Page xxxiii - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
Page cciv - All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, my lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Page xxxiii - Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Page clxxviii - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Page liv - The most part of them were such as had preached and cried down, with great show of zeal, the avarice and pluralities of bishops and prelates...
Page xxxii - And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. For Moses had said, "Consecrate yourselves to-day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
Page lii - UOWT they shewed what consultation they meant to have with godly and learned divines, and what reformation they intended, by appointing the knights and burgesses to bring in the names of such divines for the several counties as they thought fit to constitute an assembly for the framing a new model for the government of the church, which was done accordingly ; those who were true sons of the church not so much as endeavouring the nomination of sober and learned men, abhorring such a reformation, as...
Page 169 - To sum up all in a few words, this great prelate had the good humour of a gentleman, the eloquence of an orator, the fancy of a poet, the acuteness of a schoolman, the profoundness of a philosopher, the wisdom of a counsellor, the sagacity of a prophet, the reason of an angel, and the piety of a saint...
Page lxxxi - ... backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful ; who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do. them.
Page cxix - Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

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