The Protector: A VindicationRobert Carter, 1847 - 281 pages |
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... than properly belong to history . Should any of my friends be surprised at the choice of my subject , I would remind them that the epoch to which it relates is , perhaps , one of the most important in modern times , so far 1 *
... than properly belong to history . Should any of my friends be surprised at the choice of my subject , I would remind them that the epoch to which it relates is , perhaps , one of the most important in modern times , so far 1 *
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... friend of justice not to close his eyes against this new light . We may be de- ceived , but , in our feeble judgment , the address in which the peers of England thanked the Prince of Orange , in Decem- ber , 1688 , for having delivered ...
... friend of justice not to close his eyes against this new light . We may be de- ceived , but , in our feeble judgment , the address in which the peers of England thanked the Prince of Orange , in Decem- ber , 1688 , for having delivered ...
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... friends of Rome were guilty . The erroneous traditions of which we have spoken have- spread everywhere , and have been adopted by France , that ancient ally of the Stuarts . But Cromwell's Letters and Speeches , which have been recently ...
... friends of Rome were guilty . The erroneous traditions of which we have spoken have- spread everywhere , and have been adopted by France , that ancient ally of the Stuarts . But Cromwell's Letters and Speeches , which have been recently ...
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... friends ought to be informed that M. Villemain's book on Cromwell is , unluckily , a rather ignorant and shallow one . -Of M. Guizot , on the other hand , we are to say that his two volumes , so far as they go , are the fruit of real ...
... friends ought to be informed that M. Villemain's book on Cromwell is , unluckily , a rather ignorant and shallow one . -Of M. Guizot , on the other hand , we are to say that his two volumes , so far as they go , are the fruit of real ...
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... friends in that Family whereof you are yet a member . I am much bound unto them for their love . I bless the Lord for them ; and that my son , by their procure- ment , is so well . Let him have your prayers , your counsel ; let me have ...
... friends in that Family whereof you are yet a member . I am much bound unto them for their love . I bless the Lord for them ; and that my son , by their procure- ment , is so well . Let him have your prayers , your counsel ; let me have ...
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Page 127 - And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
Page 275 - Mercy and truth are met together ; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth ; And righteousness shall look down from heaven. Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good ; And our land shall yield her increase. Righteousness shall go before Him ; And shall set us in the way of His steps.
Page 79 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Page 264 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 100 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Page 260 - For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour : yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better : nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 270 - ... the four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Page 262 - Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in Covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will, come to Thee, for Thy People. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service...
Page 275 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Page 141 - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.