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... whole country cannot be rightly appre- ciated without a knowledge of the first settlers and the sources whence they drew the inspiration to turn from the civilization of Europe and to make for themselves a higher civilization in a new ...
... whole country cannot be rightly appre- ciated without a knowledge of the first settlers and the sources whence they drew the inspiration to turn from the civilization of Europe and to make for themselves a higher civilization in a new ...
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... whole period of the perse- cution a congregation met in Colchester ; and at Much Bentley , near to Colchester , there was a company of Christian men , who , as an informer tells us , ' assembled together upon the Sabbath day in the time ...
... whole period of the perse- cution a congregation met in Colchester ; and at Much Bentley , near to Colchester , there was a company of Christian men , who , as an informer tells us , ' assembled together upon the Sabbath day in the time ...
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... whole assembly . I have frequently been present on such occasions , and have seen many returning with tears , and many too , in like manner , with tears receiving such persons into communion , so that nothing could be more delightful.'1 ...
... whole assembly . I have frequently been present on such occasions , and have seen many returning with tears , and many too , in like manner , with tears receiving such persons into communion , so that nothing could be more delightful.'1 ...
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... whole year long.1 From a report of the diocese of Chichester made in 1569 , it would appear that some parts even of the province of Canterbury were not much more enlightened than the province of York , as Grindal described it . From ...
... whole year long.1 From a report of the diocese of Chichester made in 1569 , it would appear that some parts even of the province of Canterbury were not much more enlightened than the province of York , as Grindal described it . From ...
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... whole course of Puritan history may be briefly explained . Elizabeth had resolved upon the death of Mary , but hesitated long before taking the final step . For months a warrant for the execution had been drawn up , waiting for that ...
... whole course of Puritan history may be briefly explained . Elizabeth had resolved upon the death of Mary , but hesitated long before taking the final step . For months a warrant for the execution had been drawn up , waiting for that ...
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Page 94 - Jeremiah did, because of the reproach and derision he met with daily, "and all his familiar friends watched for his halting," to be revenged on him for speaking the truth, he would be forced to confess as he confessed; "his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary with forbearing, and could not stay.
Page 37 - Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne, — Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
Page 261 - The houses are constructed of hewn planks, with gardens also inclosed behind and at the sides with hewn planks, so that their houses and courtyards are arranged in very good order, with a stockade, against a sudden attack ; and at the ends of the streets there are three wooden gates.
Page 199 - God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of our king and countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly...
Page 181 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Page 319 - They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the...
Page 200 - ... ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just and equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the generall good of the Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 158 - Lastly, (and which was not least), a great hope and inward zeal they had of laying some good foundation, or at least to make some way thereunto, for the propagations and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world; yea, though they should be but even as stepping-stones unto others for the performing of so great a work.
Page 28 - Harrison, preaching against bishops, ceremonies, ecclesiastical courts, ordaining of ministers, &c. for which $ as he afterwards boasted, he had been committed to thirty-two prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noon-day.
Page 117 - She honoured her place and was an ornament to the congregation. She usually sat in a convenient place in the congregation, with a little birchen rod in her hand, and kept little children in great awe from disturbing the congregation.