A history of Scotland, chiefly in its ecclesiastical aspect, until the fall of the old hierarchy |
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... says the historian who thus minutely describes it , ' we suppose it to have been from eighteen to twenty feet high , and allow from ten to twelve feet for the ditch which accompanies it on flat ground , there The site of the battle of ...
... says the historian who thus minutely describes it , ' we suppose it to have been from eighteen to twenty feet high , and allow from ten to twelve feet for the ditch which accompanies it on flat ground , there The site of the battle of ...
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... say their prayers to Almighty God at it . We had many communications with the great Irish Church in these early centuries ; and before leaving the remotest period of the history of Christianity in this country it is well to know the ...
... say their prayers to Almighty God at it . We had many communications with the great Irish Church in these early centuries ; and before leaving the remotest period of the history of Christianity in this country it is well to know the ...
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... say an hundred prayers , and at night almost as many . He was regardless of the snow and ice and rain , being re- plenished by the sunshine of the love of God . And I felt no evil , ' he says , ' nor was there any laziness in me ...
... say an hundred prayers , and at night almost as many . He was regardless of the snow and ice and rain , being re- plenished by the sunshine of the love of God . And I felt no evil , ' he says , ' nor was there any laziness in me ...
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... says , ' greatly a debtor to God , who hath vouchsafed me such great grace that many people by my means should be born again to God , and that clergy should be ordained everywhere for 11. ] II ST . NINIAN AND ST . PATRICK .
... says , ' greatly a debtor to God , who hath vouchsafed me such great grace that many people by my means should be born again to God , and that clergy should be ordained everywhere for 11. ] II ST . NINIAN AND ST . PATRICK .
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... say that my ignorance did it , but think ye and let it be verily believed that it was the gift of God . ' Such is the history of St. Patrick as told by himself . MSS . His Confession was transcribed at the end of the eighth century , or ...
... say that my ignorance did it , but think ye and let it be verily believed that it was the gift of God . ' Such is the history of St. Patrick as told by himself . MSS . His Confession was transcribed at the end of the eighth century , or ...
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Página 63 - OH THAT ONE WOULD GIVE ME DRINK OF THE WATER OF THE WELL OF BETHLEHEM, WHICH IS BY THE GATE! ADD R And the (THREE) mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethle-hem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.
Página 155 - And friend slew friend not knowing whom he slew; And some had visions out of golden youth, And some beheld the faces of old ghosts Look in upon the battle ; and in the mist Was many a noble deed, many a base...
Página 41 - And I also say unto you, that he is the door-keeper, whom I will not contradict, but will, as far as I know and am able, in all things obey his decrees, lest, when I come to the gates of the kingdom of heaven, there should be none to open them, he being my adversary who is proved to have the keys.
Página 240 - After which confession the priest shall absolve him (if he humbly and heartily desire it) after this sort : our Lord Jesus Christ who hath left power to his Church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thec thine offences ; and by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Página 87 - For him the wind, ay, and the yellow leaves, Shall have a voice, and give him eloquent teachings. He shall so hear the solemn hymn that Death Has lifted up for all, that he shall go To his long resting-place without a tear.
Página 101 - I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
Página 265 - Lord how long shall it be, that thy holy word shall be despised, and men shall not regard their own salvation. I have heard of thee, Haddington, that in thee would have been at ane vain Clerk Play [Mystery Play] two or three thousand people ; and now to hear the messenger of the Eternal God, of all thy town or parish, cannot be numbered a hundred persons.