Memoirs of Mr. William Veitch, and George BryssonW. Blackwood, 1825 - 540 pages |
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... died at Dalkeith , the day of returning home from attending the commission of the Kirk ; and is buried there among his an- cestors , who had a considerable estate in and about that town for a hundred years together ; and his eldest ...
... died at Dalkeith , the day of returning home from attending the commission of the Kirk ; and is buried there among his an- cestors , who had a considerable estate in and about that town for a hundred years together ; and his eldest ...
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... died , at the invitation of the people , he returned and preached to his own people from whom he had been violently thrust away . " ( Wod . ii . 128. ) Though his name does not appear in Wodrow's lists of indulged ministers , both that ...
... died , at the invitation of the people , he returned and preached to his own people from whom he had been violently thrust away . " ( Wod . ii . 128. ) Though his name does not appear in Wodrow's lists of indulged ministers , both that ...
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... died , in much joy and full assurance of faith . " ( Ibid . i . 358. ) In the Wodrow manuscripts are three different copies of verses to his memory . * We hear little of Mr. Adair . In Wodrow's list of nonconform- ing ministers , he is ...
... died , in much joy and full assurance of faith . " ( Ibid . i . 358. ) In the Wodrow manuscripts are three different copies of verses to his memory . * We hear little of Mr. Adair . In Wodrow's list of nonconform- ing ministers , he is ...
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... died about the twenty - fifth year of his age , being cotemporary and co - presbyter with the famous Mr. Durham , who foretold his death . The occasion of it was this : Mr. Durham being several months confined to his chamber by sickness ...
... died about the twenty - fifth year of his age , being cotemporary and co - presbyter with the famous Mr. Durham , who foretold his death . The occasion of it was this : Mr. Durham being several months confined to his chamber by sickness ...
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... dying , anno 1685 or 1686 , by Mr. William Crighton , sometime minister of the Gospel at Edinburgh . 66 Being asked how it was with him , he answered , that he had laid aside all his duties and all his performances whatsoever ; and that ...
... dying , anno 1685 or 1686 , by Mr. William Crighton , sometime minister of the Gospel at Edinburgh . 66 Being asked how it was with him , he answered , that he had laid aside all his duties and all his performances whatsoever ; and that ...
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Page 425 - And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
Page 2 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 186 - Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live : and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Page 2 - BE MERCIFUL unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Page 2 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 177 - ... that conscience ought not to be constrained, nor people forced in matters of mere religion. It has ever been directly contrary to our inclination, as we think it is to the interest of government, which it destroys by spoiling trade, depopulating countries and discouraging strangers; and finally, that it never obtained the end for which it was employed.
Page 349 - ... eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 349 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not ; I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make dark ness light before them, and crooked things straight.
Page 2 - O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Her '-monltes, from the hill Mi'-zar.
Page 78 - vexing thoughts," is, I think, very expressive. It has been familiar to me from my childhood ; for it is to be found in the " Psalms in Metre," used in the churches (I believe I should say kirks) of Scotland, Psal.